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

Cryptococcosis is a fungal disease affecting more than one million people per year
worldwide. The main etiological agents of cryptococcosis are the two sibling species …

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

Genealogy can illuminate the evolutionary path of important human pathogens. In some
microbes, strict clonal reproduction predominates, as with the worldwide dissemination of …

Cryptococcus gattii causes life-threatening disease in otherwise healthy hosts and to a
lesser extent in immunocompromised hosts. The highest incidence for this disease is on …

Cryptococcus gattii has emerged as a human and animal pathogen in the Pacific Northwest.
First recognized on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, it now involves mainland …

Cryptococcosis is a significant invasive fungal infection with noteworthy morbidity and
mortality, primarily caused by Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii. In China …

We applied multilocus sequence typing (MLST) to investigate the population structure and
mode of reproduction of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii (serotype A). This MLST …

We propose that clonal evolution in micropathogens be defined as restrained recombination
on an evolutionary scale, with genetic exchange scarce enough to not break the prevalent …

The ecological niche that a species can occupy is determined by its resource requirements
and the physical conditions necessary for survival. The niche to which an organism is most …