title: Isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans serotype A and D developed on canavanine-glycine-bromthymol blue medium.
abstract: Two isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans serotype A and one isolate of serotype D from pigeon droppings were found to grow on canavanine-glycine-bromthymol blue (CGB) medium, when the Japanese isolates of Cr. neoformans were examined for their serotype and biochemical characteristics. The susceptibility to canavanine and the activity in assimilation of glycine were analysed on these three isolates. They were resistant to canavanine at the high concentration of 3.6 mmol l-1 and developed by assimilating the glycine even at a concentration of 7 mmol l-1. These isolates were proved to develop well on CGB medium, which contains 0.1 mmol l-1 of canavanine and 133 mmol l-1 of glycine. Three isolates of Cr. neoformans developed on CGB medium were also confirmed to be serotype A or D by the molecular analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001979:Bromthymol Blue; D002172:Canavanine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010856:Columbidae; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003470:Culture Media; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005998:Glycine / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D002172:Canavanine; D005998:Glycine; D001979:Bromthymol Blue