Inhibition of clinical and environmentalCryptococcus neoformans isolates by two Brazilian killer yeasts
- 6 April 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Basic Microbiology
- Vol. 46 (2) , 87-93
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jobm.200510018
Abstract
Two killer yeast strains (HB55 and HB88) capable of inhibiting human pathogenic fungi were isolated from leaves of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis in Brazil. These isolates were identified by conventional methods and sequencing of the D1/D2 region of the 26S rDNA as Kodamaea ohmeri . They inhibited all Cryptococcus neoformans (vars. neoformans , grubii and gattii ) strains tested, including reference, clinical and environmental isolates. The killer phenotype was not cured by thermal treatment. (© 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)Keywords
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