Pllana-Hajdari Donjeta, Chidebelu Ekene P, Cogliati Massimo
Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Public Health, Prishtina, Kosovo.
Department of Microbiology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Med Mycol. 2023 Sep 4;61(9). doi: 10.1093/mmy/myad096.
A total of 300 tree-associated samples were collected from green areas in three towns in Kosovo, and cultured to isolate Cryptococcus species. One soil sample from Prizren tested positive, yielding three isolates identified as C. neoformans var. neoformans (C. deneoformans), molecular type VNIV, two MATα, and one MATa. Mating experiments revealed that they were fertile when crossed together, and multilocus sequence typing analysis showed unique sequence types not found in the global database. The study reports the presence of C. neoformans strains in the environment in Kosovo and highlights the importance of monitoring pathogen distribution and the potential impacts of climate change.
共从科索沃三个城镇的绿地采集了300份与树木相关的样本，并进行培养以分离隐球菌属物种。普里兹伦的一份土壤样本检测呈阳性，分离出三株菌株，鉴定为新生隐球菌新生变种（格特隐球菌），分子类型为VNIV，其中两株为MATα型，一株为MATa型。交配实验表明，它们相互杂交时可育，多位点序列分型分析显示其序列类型在全球数据库中未被发现。该研究报告了科索沃环境中存在新生隐球菌菌株，并强调了监测病原体分布以及气候变化潜在影响的重要性。
