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Studies of cryptococcus nigricans n. sp. I. Identification and taxonomic classification

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An asporogenous, non-filamentous, black pigmented yeast-like fungus, isolated from paint scrapings, was characterized and identified as a heretofore undescribed species of the genusCryptococcus. Because of its jet-black pigmentation, the nameCryptococcus nigricans was proposed.

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  1. Marvin A. Rich

    Present address: Division of Biophysics, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York City, N. Y.

  2. Arthur M. Stern

    Present address: West Virginia Paper and Pulp Company, Covington, Virginia

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  1. Department of Bacteriology Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey

    Marvin A. Rich & Arthur M. Stern

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This study was supported in part by a grant-in-aid, from the Rutgers Research Council.

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Rich, M.A., Stern, A.M. Studies of cryptococcus nigricans n. sp. I. Identification and taxonomic classification. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 9, 189–193 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02052351

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