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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2000, p. 4021-4025, Vol. 38, No. 11
Department of Microbiology, Meiji
Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan
Received 15 May 2000/Returned for modification 19 July
2000/Accepted 1 September 2000
The antigenic formulas of 34 species in the genus
Cryptococcus were determined by using type strains and
eight factor sera prepared from adsorption experiments with
Cryptococcus neoformans serotypes. These antigenic factors
were shared by 19 species. The strains used could be divided into eight
serological groups. The patterns of groups 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 were the
same as the patterns of C. neoformans serotypes A, D, A-D,
B, and C, respectively. The species belonging to group 4 reacted to
factor sera 1, 2, and 3. Group 7 contained one species that reacted
only to factor serum 1. The 15 species in group 8 did not react to any
of the factor sera used. Compared to the reported molecular
phylogenetic tree, the serological and phylogenetic data were
correlated in the Filobasidium lineage. All the members of
the albidus clade in the Filobasidium lineage had antigens
1, 2, and 3, and all the strains in the magnus clade belonged to
serogroup 8. Moreover, intraspecies diversity was examined using
strains of C. curvatus, C. humicolus, and
C. laurentii. Serological heterogeneity was observed in the
species C. humicolus and C. laurentii, as well as in phylogenetic relationships previously published. Using
serological features, similarities and differences between
Cryptococcus species were demonstrated. Our study
contributes to a better description of the genus
Cryptococcus and related species phenotypically and phylogenetically.
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Serological Relationships of
Cryptococcus spp.: Distribution of Antigenic Factors in
Cryptococcus and Intraspecies Diversity
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of
Microbiology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1, Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan. Phone and Fax: 81-424-95-8762. E-mail: ikeda{at}my-pharm.ac.jp.
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