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Product Format
frozen
Storage Conditions
Frozen: -80°C or colder Freeze-Dried: 2°C to 8°C Live Culture: See Propagation Section
Type Strain
yes
(of Cryptococcus hondurianus)
Preceptrol®
no
Morphology
On Emmon’s Modification of Sabourauds’ medium at 25°C after 21 days, colonies creamy buff to tan, mucoid, smooth, slightly raised, margin entire. Cells globose, hyaline, smooth, contain oil drops, 3.75-8.25 X 3.75-7.5 μm. Pseudohyphae not observed.
Medium
ATCC® Medium 28: Emmons' modification of Sabouraud's agar
ATCC® Medium 200: YM agar or YM broth
ATCC® Medium 336: Potato dextrose agar (PDA)
Castellani AJ. Blastomycosis: a short general account. Med. Press Cir. 136: 438-443, 1933.
Kwon-Chung KJ, et al. (1557) Proposal to conserve the name Cryptococcus gattii against C. hondurianus and C. basillisporus (Basidiomycota, Hymenomycetes, Tremello-mycetidae) Taxon 51: 804-806, 2002.
