Plant polysaccharides represent a natural source material characterized by high ubiquity,
abundance and biological activities that can be utilised as organic matter in numerous …

The capsule of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans has been studied extensively
in recent decades and a large body of information is now available to the scientific …

Cryptococcus neoformans and distantly related fungal species release extracellular vesicles
that traverse the cell wall and contain a varied assortment of components, some of which …

Biofilms are surface-attached communities of bacterial cells embedded in a self-produced
matrix that are found ubiquitously in nature. The biofilm matrix is composed of various …

Polysaccharide derivatives have attracted attention as sustainable and renewable sources
of bioactive compounds. This review presents recent studies on the derivatization …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal pathogen responsible for cryptococcosis and
cryptococcal meningitis. The C. neoformans' capsular polysaccharide and its shed …

The pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans generally initiates infection in mammalian
lung tissue and subsequently disseminates to the brain. We performed serial analysis of …

Cryptococcus species, the etiological agents of cryptococcosis, are encapsulated fungal
yeasts that predominantly cause disease in immunocompromised individuals, and are …

The most distinctive feature of the human pathogenic fungus is a polysaccharide capsule
that is essential for virulence and is composed primarily of glucuronoxylomannan (GXM) and …

The fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans causes approximately one million cases of
cryptococcosis per year in people with AIDS. In contrast, the related species C. gattii is …