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CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII VGII IN A PLATHYMENIA RETICULATA HOLLOW IN CUIABÁ, MATO GROSSO, BRAZIL
Cryptococcus neoformans
Brazil/ethnology
Trees/immunology
Tree hollow
Plathymenia reticulata
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Abstract
Little is known about the ecology of agents of cryptococcosis in Mato Grosso, without
any data regarding to the sources of both agents in the environment. This study
aimed to investigate Cryptococcus gattii and Cryptococcus neoformans associated with
decay in tree hollows within the urban area of three different cities of Mato Grosso.
Seventy-two environmental samples collected from 72 living trees in the cities of
Cuiabá, Varzea Grande and Chapada dos Guimarães were sampled and analysed.
One tree (Plathymenia reticulata, Leguminosae) in the city of Cuiabá yielded 19 colonies
identified as C. gattii molecular type VGII. The isolation of C. gattii VGII in the
downtown city of Cuiabá is important because it fits in the Northern Macroregion,
suggesting expanding and urbanisation of this genotype in different Brazilian cities.
Keywords
Cryptococcus gattiiCryptococcus neoformans
Brazil/ethnology
Trees/immunology
Tree hollow
Plathymenia reticulata
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