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

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 C. gatti...

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Veröffentlicht in:	mSphere Jg. 2; H. 1
Hauptverfasser:	Kwon-Chung, Kyung J., Bennett, John E., Wickes, Brian L., Meyer, Wieland, Cuomo, Christina A., Wollenburg, Kurt R., Bicanic, Tihana A., Castañeda, Elizabeth, Chang, Yun C., Chen, Jianghan, Cogliati, Massimo, Dromer, Françoise, Ellis, David, Filler, Scott G., Fisher, Matthew C., Harrison, Thomas S., Holland, Steven M., Kohno, Shigeru, Kronstad, James W., Lazera, Marcia, Levitz, Stuart M., Lionakis, Michail S., May, Robin C., Ngamskulrongroj, Popchai, Pappas, Peter G., Perfect, John R., Rickerts, Volker, Sorrell, Tania C., Walsh, Thomas J., Williamson, Peter R., Xu, Jianping, Zelazny, Adrian M., Casadevall, Arturo
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	United States American Society for Microbiology 01.01.2017
Schlagworte:	clade Cryptococcosis Cryptococcus gattii Cryptococcus neoformans Fungal infections genetic diversity new nomenclature Cryptococcus gattii genetic diversity species complex Cryptococcus neoformans Cryptococcosis new nomenclature clade
ISSN:	2379-5042, 2379-5042
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