Few among the millions of fungal species fulfill four basic conditions necessary to infect
humans: high temperature tolerance, ability to invade the human host, lysis and absorption …

Pathogenic fungi have become a leading cause of human mortality due to the increasing
frequency of fungal infections in immunocompromised populations and the limited …

MATERIALS AND METHODS Strains and media. C. neoformans var. grubii strains H99 (70),
KN99a (55), KN99 (55), KN99aNAT, and KN99NAT were maintained at 80 C. Cultures were …

The human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans is characterized by its ability to
induce a distinct polysaccharide capsule in response to a number of host-specific …

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 …

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 …

An increasing number of microorganisms, including bacteria but also viruses and
eukaryotes, have been described as benefiting from interaction with free-living amoebae …

This review focuses on literature pertaining to the interactions of soil yeasts with biotic and
abiotic factors in their environment. Soil yeasts not only affect microbial and plant growth, but …

Cryptococcus neoformans strains classically have been grouped into two varieties that
included five serotypes known as C. neoformans variety neoformans (serotypes A, D, and …