Banana blossom agar (BABA), a new medium to isolate members of the Cryptococcus neoformans/Cryptococcus gattii species complex useful for resource limited countries

• Main Authors: Kantarawee Khayhan, Siriprapa Juntaboon, Wenjie Fang, Tanawat Chaowasku, Dechphipat Amornthipayawong, Teun Boekhout
• 格式: 雜誌
• 出版: 2018
• 主題: Medicine
• 在線閱讀: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85052625936&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/62851

© 2018 Blackwell Verlag GmbH Isolation of representatives of the Cryptococcus neoformans/Cryptococcus gattii species complex can be made using dopamine containing media, such as Niger seed agar and l-DOPA agar. Here, we describe an alternative medium that uses banana flowers. Banana is a dopamine co...