important mycosis endemic to Latin America. As the tools to study gene function in P.
brasiliensis are only in the early stage of development, there is presently no system that
allows for both the delivery and integration of exogenous nucleic acids into its genome. We
report in this paper the transformation of the yeast phase of P. brasiliensis (ATCC-60855)
with Agrobacterium tumefaciens (GV3101) carrying the vector pAD1625. The …