title: Use of a new medium - tobacco agar, for pigment production of Cryptococcus neoformans.
abstract: Cryptococcus neoformans produces brown colonies on Niger seed (Guizotia abyssinica) agar. Media containing caffeic acid, L-dopa and other diphenolic compounds, have been used for the same purpose. The present report describes a new medium containing tobacco which supports growth of C.neoformans and allows its easy differentiation by formation of brown coloured colonies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital Sion, Mumbai - 400 022, India.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tendolkar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tainwala
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jog
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mathur