PYCC 6172

General Information

Taxonomy

1 - Taxon name

Papiliotrema terrestris

2 - Classification

Basidiomycota

3 - Strain (species name) changes

Cryptococcus terrestris; Cryptococcus flavescens

4 - Status of the strain

5 - Basis for identification

Molecular (multilocus sequencing)

6 - Identified by

Kordossis et al., 1999

Other Collections

7 - Original strain number

CF07

8 - Accession numbers in other collections

CBS 8645;DBVPG 7166

Strain details

11 - PYCC strain status

Open

12 - Mediterranean strain

Yes

13 - Substrate of isolation

cerebro-spinal fluid, of male AIDS patient with meningitis

14 - Category of substrate

Human

15 - Locality

Island of Lesbos

16 - Country of origin

Greece

23 - Preservation

Glass beads; 20% Glycerol; -150ºC

24 - Price per culture

90€

Growth conditions

26 - Medium for growth

YMA

Molecular data

DNA Sequence

Region

ITS

Sequence Title

LK023808

DNA Sequence

Region

26S

Sequence Title

AB087253

Gene Bank Url

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/AB087253

DNA Sequence

Region

26S

Sequence Title

LK023747

Bibliography

Title

Multigene Assessment of the Species Boundaries and sexualk Status of the Basidiomycetous Yeasts Cryptococcus flavescens and C. terrestris (Tremellales)