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Title: Detection of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii in honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies
Authors: Ergin, Çağrı
Ilkit, M.
Kaftanoglu, O.
Keywords: Apis mellifera
Beehive
Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii
Ecology
Honey bee
biological marker
article
canopy
Cryptococcus neoformans
environmental factor
Eucalyptus
flowering
forest
fungal detection
fungus isolation
honeybee
nonhuman
priority journal
Animals
Bees
Environmental Microbiology
Apis
Apoidea
Filobasidiella neoformans
Fungi
Magnoliophyta
Abstract: The plant flora has an important role in the ecology of Cryptococcus neoformans. It is estimated that the environmental spreading and contamination of human beings with this yeast occurs via contaminated particles of plants. Cultivation of canopy parts of plants in selective media is the most widely used isolation method of this yeast. Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii was isolated from honeybee colonies in Eucalyptus forests but was not isolated from the places where this flora did not exist. Our results indicate that the occurrence of C. neoformans in honeybee colonies during the flowering season of Eucalyptus spp. trees can be an important bioindicator for environmental yeast presence. The screening of honeybee colonies is a practical and a rapid method for the monitoring of the C. neoformans presence in flowering plants.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/5019
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0507.2004.01018.x
ISSN: 0933-7407
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