Sequence diversity of the intergenic spacer region of the rRNA gene of Cryptococcus albidus isolated from the skin of patients with atopic dermatitis and healthy individuals.

Enshi Zhang, Mami Tajima, Ryoji Tsuboi, Takashi Sugita

Department of Microbiology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan.

Microbiology and immunology 2013 Jan

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The yeast species Cryptococcus albidus var. albidus was found to more often colonize the skin surface of patients with atopic dermatitis (77.0%, 47/61) than that of healthy subjects (37.5%, 15/40). The intergenic spacer 1 region of the rRNA gene of this species consists of four sequence types: I, II, III and IV. Types I and II were predominant among healthy subjects and atopic dermatitis patients, respectively. © 2012 The Societies and Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.

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Enshi Zhang, Mami Tajima, Ryoji Tsuboi, Takashi Sugita. Sequence diversity of the intergenic spacer region of the rRNA gene of Cryptococcus albidus isolated from the skin of patients with atopic dermatitis and healthy individuals. Microbiology and immunology. 2013 Jan;57(1):74-6