title: First isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii from a native jungle tree in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest.
abstract: Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii was isolated for the first time from decaying wood in a hollow of a native jungle tree Guettarda acreana, in a wild area of an Amazon rainforest island, in Brazil. The presence of this variety in a virgin environment without either anthropic action or introduced vegetation is discussed with regard to the common knowledge of Cr. neoformans ecology.
authors.affiliation: Servico de Micologia, Centro de Pesquisa Hospital Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. sfortes@gene.dbbm.fiocruz.br
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Fortes
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lazéra
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Macedo
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wanke
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017753:Ecosystem; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D014197:Trees / Q000382:microbiology*