Genetic diversity of the Cryptococcus species complex suggests that Cryptococcus gattii deserves to have varieties.

The Cryptococcus species complex contains two sibling taxa, Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii. Both species are basidiomycetous yeasts and major pathogens of humans and other mammals. Genotyping methods have identified major haploid molecular types of C. neoformans (VNI, VNII, VNB and...

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Main Authors: Popchai Ngamskulrungroj, Felix Gilgado, Josiane Faganello, Anastasia P Litvintseva, Ana Lusia Leal, Kin Ming Tsui, Thomas G Mitchell, Marilene Henning Vainstein, Wieland Meyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-06-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19517012/pdf/?tool=EBI