The Case for Adopting the “Species Complex” Nomenclature for the Etiologic Agents of Cryptococcosis

The Case for Adopting the “Species Complex” Nomenclature for the Etiologic Agents of Cryptococcosis

ABSTRACT Cryptococcosis is a potentially lethal disease of humans/animals caused by Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii. Distinction between the two species is based on phenotypic and genotypic characteristics. Recently, it was proposed that C. neoformans be divided into two species and...

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Main Authors: Kyung J. Kwon-Chung, John E. Bennett, Brian L. Wickes, Wieland Meyer, Christina A. Cuomo, Kurt R. Wollenburg, Tihana A. Bicanic, Elizabeth Castañeda, Yun C. Chang, Jianghan Chen, Massimo Cogliati, Françoise Dromer, David Ellis, Scott G. Filler, Matthew C. Fisher, Thomas S. Harrison, Steven M. Holland, Shigeru Kohno, James W. Kronstad, Marcia Lazera, Stuart M. Levitz, Michail S. Lionakis, Robin C. May, Popchai Ngamskulrongroj, Peter G. Pappas, John R. Perfect, Volker Rickerts, Tania C. Sorrell, Thomas J. Walsh, Peter R. Williamson, Jianping Xu, Adrian M. Zelazny, Arturo Casadevall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-02-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
Cryptococcosis
Cryptococcus gattii
Cryptococcus neoformans
clade
genetic diversity
new nomenclature
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00357-16

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