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

Cryptococcus neoformans is a ubiquitous environmental fungus and an opportunistic
pathogen that causes fatal cryptococcal meningitis. Advances in genomics, genetics, and …

Cryptococcus gattii and Cryptococcus neoformans are causal agents of cryptococcosis,
which manifests as pneumonia and meningitis. C. gattii has recently received widespread …

The trehalose pathway is essential for stress tolerance and virulence in fungi. We
investigated the importance of this pathway for virulence of the pathogenic yeast …

The pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus gattii, which is causing an outbreak in the Pacific
Northwest region of North America, causes life-threatening pulmonary infections and …

Human and animal cryptococcosis due to an unusual molecular type of Cryptococcus gattii
(VGII) emerged recently on Vancouver Island, Canada. Unlike C. neoformans, C. gattii …

The genome of Aspergillus fumigatus encodes two isoforms of the catalytic subunit of the
cAMP‐dependent Protein Kinase (PKA). Although deletion of the class I isoform, pkaC1 …

Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii are fungal pathogens that are most commonly found
in infections of the central nervous system, which cause life-threatening …

Cryptococcal disease is estimated to affect nearly a quarter of a million people annually.
Environmental isolates of Cryptococcus deneoformans, which make up 15 to 30% of clinical …

The “Amoeboid Predator-Fungal Animal Virulence Hypothesis” posits that interactions with
environmental phagocytes shape the evolution of virulence traits in fungal pathogens. In this …