What's New in Cryptococcus gattii: From Bench to Bedside and Beyond

J Beardsley, A Dao, C Keighley, K Garnham… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cryptococcus species are a major cause of life-threatening infections in
immunocompromised and immunocompetent hosts. While most disease is caused by …

The Cryptococcus gattii species complex: Unique pathogenic yeasts with understudied virulence mechanisms

L Saidykhan, CU Onyishi, RC May - PLoS Neglected Tropical …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Members of Cryptococcus gattii/neoformans species complex are the etiological agents of
the potentially fatal human fungal infection cryptococcosis. C. gattii and its sister species …

Determination of Ploidy Levels and Nuclear DNA Content in Cryptococcus neoformans by Flow Cytometry: Drawbacks with Variability

YC Chang, MJ Davis, KJ Kwon-Chung - Journal of Fungi, 2024 - mdpi.com
Flow cytometry is commonly employed for ploidy determination and cell cycle analysis in
cryptococci. The cells are subjected to fixation and staining with DNA-binding fluorescent …

[HTML][HTML] How host-like signals drive gene expression and capsule expansion in Cryptococcus neoformans

YS Kang, J Jung, H Brown, C Mateusiak, TL Doering… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen with a polysaccharide
capsule that becomes greatly enlarged in the mammalian host and during in vitro growth …

Opportunistic Pathogens of the Genus in Louis Pasteur Days and in 200th Anniversary of his Birth

M Dyląg - Advancements of Microbiology, 2022 - sciendo.com
Background As this year we are celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis
Pasteur (www. pasteur2022. com), microbiologists probably wonder what was the state of …

Adaptations of Cryptococcus to the host extracellular niche

L Saidykhan - 2023 - etheses.bham.ac.uk
Cryptococcus is an opportunistic human fungal pathogen with the potential to cause life-
threatening infections of the central nervous system. Ubiquitous in the environment …

[PDF][PDF] Criptococosis: actualización de un patógeno oportunista

E Rojas Hidalgo - 2023 - kerwa.ucr.ac.cr
i UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA SISTEMA DE ESTUDIOS DE POSGRADO “CRIPTOCOCOSIS:
ACTUALIZACIÓN DE UN PATÓGENO OPORTUNISTA” Tra Page 1 i UNIVERSIDAD DE …

Correction: An in vitro method for inducing titan cells reveals novel features of yeast-to-titan switching in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus gattii

L Saidykhan, J Correia, A Romanyuk… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
1. Saidykhan L, Correia J, Romanyuk A, Peacock AFA, Desanti GE, Taylor-Smith L, et
al.(2022) An in vitro method for inducing titan cells reveals novel features of yeast-to-titan …

[PDF][PDF] The Cryptococcus gattii species complex

L Saidykhan, CU Onyishi, RC May - 2022 - pure-oai.bham.ac.uk
Members of Cryptococcus gattii/neoformans species complex are the etiological agents of
the potentially fatal human fungal infection cryptococcosis. C. gattii and its sister species …

Distinct pathways of adaptive evolution in Cryptococcus neoformans reveal a mutation in adenylyl cyclase with trade-offs for pathogenicity

ZA Hilbert, JM Bednarek, MJW Schwiesow, KY Chung… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Pathogenic fungi populate a wide range of environments and infect a diversity of host
species. Despite this substantial biological flexibility, the impact of interactions between …