Volume 11, Number 11—November 2005
Research
Cryptococcus gattii in AIDS Patients, Southern California
Table 1
Cryptococcus neoformans (Cn) and Cryptococcus gattii (Cg) strains used in this study for standardization of reagents*
Strain identity | Variety/species | Mating type | Source |
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H99 (NYSD 1649) | CnVG | α | New York State Herbarium, Albany, NY |
KN99α | CnVG | α | J. Heitman, Duke University, Durham, NC |
KN99a | CnVG | a | J. Heitman, Duke University, Durham, NC |
IUM96–2828 | CnVG | a | B.L. Wickes, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX |
NIH12 (ATCC 28959) | CnVN | α | ATCC, Manassas, VA |
JEC21 | CnVN | α | J.C. Edman, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA |
JEC20 | CnVN | a | J.C. Edman, UCSF, San Francisco, CA |
NIH430 (ATCC 28958) | CnVN | a | ATCC, Manassas, VA |
NIH433 (ATCC 34875) | CnVN | a | ATCC, Manassas, VA |
NIH444 (ATCC 32609) | Cg | α | ATCC, Manassas, VA |
NIH191 (ATCC 32608) | Cg | a | ATCC, Manassas, VA |
NIH198 | Cg | a | K.J. Kwon-Chung, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD |
WM0135 | Cg | a | W. Meyer, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia |
WM-138 | Cg | a | W. Meyer, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia |
UM2 | Hybrid (A/D) | α/a | F. Dromer, Institute Pasteur, Paris, France |
UM8 | Hybrid (A/D) | α/a | F. Dromer, Instotite Pasteur, Paris, France |
*ATCC, American Type Culture Collection; VG, var. grubiii; VN, var. neoformans.