1. Diversity of the Cryptococcus neoformans-Cryptococcus gattii species complex.
- Author
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Bovers M, Hagen F, and Boekhout T
- Subjects
- Animals, Cryptococcosis epidemiology, Cryptococcosis transmission, Cryptococcosis veterinary, Cryptococcus physiology, Cryptococcus neoformans classification, Cryptococcus neoformans physiology, Genes, Mating Type, Fungal, Genotype, Humans, Hybridization, Genetic, Inhalation, Lung Diseases, Fungal microbiology, Lung Diseases, Fungal transmission, Ploidies, Reproduction, Asexual, Serotyping, Species Specificity, Spores, Fungal, Virulence, Zoonoses, Cryptococcosis microbiology, Cryptococcus classification
- Abstract
More than 110 years of study of the Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii species complex has resulted in an enormous accumulation of fundamental and applied biological and clinical knowledge. Recent developments in our understanding of the diversity within the species complex are presented, emphasizing the intraspecific complexity, which includes species, microspecies, hybrids, serotypes and genotypes. Each of these may have different roles in disease. An overview of obsolete and current names is presented.
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- 2008
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