Diversity of the Cryptococcus neoformans-Cryptococcus gattii species complex

Marjan Bovers; Ferry Hagen; Teun Boekhout

Diversity of the Cryptococcus neoformans-Cryptococcus gattii species complex

Marjan Bovers, Ferry Hagen, Teun Boekhout

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4-12
Journal	Revista Iberoamericana de Micología
Volume	25
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - Mar 2008

Keywords

Animals
Cryptococcosis/epidemiology
Cryptococcus/classification
Cryptococcus neoformans/classification
Genes, Mating Type, Fungal
Genotype
Humans
Hybridization, Genetic
Inhalation
Lung Diseases, Fungal/microbiology
Ploidies
Reproduction, Asexual
Serotyping
Species Specificity
Spores, Fungal
Virulence
Zoonoses

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Diversity of the Cryptococcus neoformans-Cryptococcus gattii species complex

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