The basidiomycetous yeasts of the Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii
species complexes (CNSC and CGSC respectively) are the causative agents of …

We applied multilocus sequence typing (MLST) to investigate the population structure and
mode of reproduction of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii (serotype A). This MLST …

Sixty-one clinical and forty-nine environmental isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans var.
gattii from Australia and the United States were analyzed by random amplification of …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal pathogen that causes life-threatening infections
primarily in immunocompromised hosts. Based on the genetic characteristics and serologic …

Capsule formation plays a significant role in the pathogenicity of Cryptococcus neoformans.
To study the molecular basis of capsule synthesis, the capsule-deficient phenotype of a …

The basidiomycetous yeast Cryptococcus neoformans infects humans and causes a
meningoencephalitis that is uniformly fatal if untreated. The organism has a defined sexual …

On the basis of a comparison of rRNA sequences coding the internal transcribed spacer
(ITS) and 5.8 S regions of Filobasidiella neoformans, the teleomorph of Cryptococcus …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a dimorphic fungus that causes lethal meningoencephalitis
mainly in immunocompromised individuals. Different morphotypes enable this …

Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are yeasts that cause
meningoencephalitis, but that differ in host range and geographical distribution …

The basidiomycetous yeastCryptococcus neoformansis a human pathogen. Several
phenotypes of this organism are defined as virulence traits including the polysaccharide …