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Phylogenetic study of Cryptococcus laurentii mycocinogenic strains

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Previous studies reported Cryptococcus laurentii strains to secrete mycocins of different inhibition range. These mycocinogenic strains were studied by molecular methods to verify their phylogenetic relationships. Based on the combined analysis of LSU and ITS sequence data, these strains were confirmed to belong to the species C. laurentii. Therefore, different strains of the same basidiomycetous yeast C. laurentii secrete a distinct mycocin. This trait has not been demonstrated for basidiomycetous yeasts before. Additionally, this study provides several DNA-barcodes (LSU, ITS and RPB1) and reports their variability for this species.

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This work was supported by the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Molecular and Cell Biology program), by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation (16.518.11.7035) and by the German Research Foundation (DFG, grant YU 152-1/1). Authors thank Alvaro Fonseca and two anonymous reviewers for their valuable suggestions on the manuscript.

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  1. Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstraße 7B, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany

    Andrey M. Yurkov

  2. Russian Collection of Microorganisms (VKM), Institute for Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290, Pushchino, Russia

    Wladyslav I. Golubev

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Yurkov, A.M., Golubev, W.I. Phylogenetic study of Cryptococcus laurentii mycocinogenic strains. Mycol Progress 12, 777–782 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-012-0873-3

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