Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, nova amostra isolada de fezes de um pinguim (Pygoscelis adeliae) / Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, a new sample isolated from feces of a penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
; 35(3): 227-235, May-Jun. 1993.
Article
in Portuguese
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| ID: lil-320592
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RESUMO
The Authors show the results obtained through the study of a Paracoccidioides strain isolated from a penguin in the Uruguaian Antartide by GEZUELE et al. (1989). From the fecal mater it was isolated a fungus which was recently considered as a new species of the genus Paracoccidioides--P. antarcticus. However, the mycological and immunochemical studies including the demonstration of the 43 kDa glycoprotein by immunodiffusion test, SDS-PAGE and immunoelectrophoresis disclosed that such strain is similar to P. brasiliensis. Other studies, based on molecular taxonomy, including karyotyping, are the only tools to confirm the possibility of such strain to be a variant of P. brasiliensis. The Authors report the epidemiological significance of that finding and suggest a review in the knowledge of the ecological "niche" of P. brasiliensis.
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Main subject:
Paracoccidioides
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Birds
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Feces
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
Year:
1993
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Instituto Adolfo Lutz/BR
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Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo/BR