TABLE 2.

Standard/reference strains for Cryptococcus gattii strain typing^a

C. gattii PCR fingerprinting molecular type (reference) and AFLP genotype (reference)	CBS strain designation	ATCC strain designation	FGS strain designation	WM strain designation	CMRVS strain designation	Other strain designation(s)	MAT type and serotype	Description	Reference(s)
VGI (40) and AFLP4 (33)	CBS 10078	ATCC MYA-4560	10419	WM 179	70298	Bryon, H33.1, MH56	αB	1993, Sydney, NSW, Australia; clinical, CSF, HIV negative; isolated by Sharon C.-A. Chen	40, 154
	CBS 6289	ATCC 32269		WM 01.124		MUCL 30449, RV 20186, CBS 8273	aB	1966, Kinshasa, Congo; clinical, CSF; isolated by E. Gatti and R. Eeckels; type strain of C. neoformans var. gattii	199
	CBS 10510			WM 276		TCS, SC1	αB	1993, Mt. Annan National Park, NSW, Australia; environmental, Eucalyptus tereticornis woody debris; isolated by Tania C. Sorrell and Sharon C.-A. Chen; genome sequence strain	40
VGII (40) and AFLP6 (22)	CBS 10082	ATCC MYA-4561	10420	WM 178	70302	49435, Colter, IFM 50894	αB	1991, Sydney, NSW Australia; clinical, CSF, HIV negative; isolated by Sharon C.-A. Chen	40, 154
	CBS 10514			WM 02.32		CDC R265	αB	2001, Duncan, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada; clinical, bronchial wash specimen; isolated by British Columbia CDC; highly virulent Vancouver Island outbreak strain of VGIIa; genome sequence strain	38
VGIII (40) and AFLP5 (22)	CBS 10081	ATCC MYA-4562	10421	WM 175	70299	WM 161, E698, 689, TP 0689, D1.13H	αB	1992, Blind Recreation Center/Park Boulevard UPAS Street, San Diego, CA, USA; environmental, Eucalyptus species woody debris; isolated by Tania Pfeiffer and David Ellis	40, 100
	CBS 6955	ATCC 32608	10424	WM 01.125		DBVPG 6225, WM 2220, MUCL 30454, NIH 191, CBS 6916	aC	Before 1970, San Fernando, CA, USA; clinical, CSF	2
VGIV (40) and AFLP7 (56)	CBS 10101	ATCC MYA-4563	10422	WM 779	70300	King Cheetah, IFM 50896	αC	1994, Johannesburg, South Africa; veterinary, cheetah; isolated by Valerie Davis	40, 389

^aAdapted from reference 43.