Use of a new medium - tobacco agar, for pigment production of Cryptococcus neoformans.
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.
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Department of Microbiology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital Sion, Mumbai - 400 022, India.
Tainwala
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Jog
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Mathur
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