In addition to physical barriers, neutrophils are considered a part of the first line of immune
defense. They can be found in the bloodstream, with a lifespan of 6–8 h, and in tissue …

Phagocytosis is a fundamental process of cells to capture and ingest foreign particles. Small
unicellular organisms such as free-living amoeba use this process to acquire food. In …

Understanding of the taxonomy and phylogeny of Cryptococcus gattii has been advanced by
modern molecular techniques. C. gattii probably diverged from Cryptococcus neoformans …

In this brief overview of a large and complex subject, as presented at the 2018 Surfactants in
Solution conference, the need for, and impact of, hard surface antimicrobial products is …

Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated fungal pathogen that causes infection in
immunocompromised individuals such as HIV patients, organ transplant patients …

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 is a basidiomycetous yeast ubiquitous in the environment, a
model for fungal pathogenesis, and an opportunistic human pathogen of global importance …

We present an analysis of over 1,100 of the∼ 10,000 predicted proteins encoded by the
genome sequence of the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa. Seven major areas of …

Evaluation of Cryptococcus neoformans virulence in a number of nonmammalian hosts
suggests that C. neoformans is a nonspecific pathogen. We used the killing of Galleria …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a major cause of fungal meningoencephalitis in
immunocompromised patients. Despite recent advances in the genetics and molecular …