title: A strain of urease negative Cryptococcus neoformans isolated from the environment in China.
abstract: This is the first report of a strain of urease negative Cryptococcus neoformans isolated from the environment in China. The colonies of this isolate showed brown pigmentation on cornmeal agar with 300 micrograms/ml caffeic acid, but failed to hydrolyze urea. Microbiological identification and pathogenicity tests in mice confirmed this as a strain of C. neoformans. A similar strain had reportedly been isolated from an AIDS patient.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Dermatology, CAMS, Nanjing.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology; D010856:Columbidae; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D014510:Urease
chemical_list: D014510:Urease