The case for adopting the "species complex" nomenclature for the etiologic agents of cryptococcosis

• 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
• Other Authors: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/42058
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2017 Kwon-Chung et al. 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...