TABLE 5.

Mating types of the 133 C. neoformans var. neoformans isolates, including reference strains, determined by crossing on V8 juice medium and PCR of the pheromone genes

Genotype	No. of strains	No. with the indicated mating typea determined by:
		Crossing on V8 juice medium			PCR
		a	α	nM	a	α	a/α	N
VN1	51	2	5	44	2	47	2
VN3	17		2	15	1	2	14
VN4	26		4	22	1	4	20	1
VN6	39		14	25		39

^anM, nonmater; N, no amplification.