Here, we investigated the phylogenetic relationships of the species and varieties of the Cryptococcus species complex to test the hypothesis that each haploid molecular type is monophyletic.
Molecular type VGI commonly causes infections in Australia, whereas the VGII molecular type is responsible for the vast majority of cases related to the Vancouver Island outbreak, and its expansion into the North American Pacific NW [17], [19], [29].
In addition, 3 A. baumannii isolates (study codes 50, 75 and 105) showing a variant molecular type were included.
Moreover, optimized adsorption positions for the red molecular type are found at φmax,red = −φmax,blue due to mirror symmetry of the substrate surface.
Basic genome features of all of the phages, such as their host specificity, taxonomy, and genome molecular type, were also collected from the NCBI database and the literature.
VGI is the most commonly isolated molecular type worldwide (Sorrell 2001), whereas the VGII molecular type is the cause of the Vancouver Island/Pacific Northwest outbreak (Fraser et al. 2005; Byrnes et al. 2010; Kidd et al. 2004).
Overwhelming numbers of these isolates corresponded to the molecular type VNI, in accordance with previous findings, showing that isolates of this molecular type are the major source of infection in HIV-positive patients worldwide (18, 19 ).
Molecular typing Molecular typing Molecular typing was done using primers for amplifying and sequencing ompA, csuE and blaOXA-51-like gene fragments as described previously [ 24]. b.
HLA molecular typing was performed by reference strand conformational analyses and/or sequence-based typing.
Molecular typing was performed on all MRSA isolated.
