Diversity of the Cryptococcus neoformans-Cryptococcus gattii species complex

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Rovers, Marjan ^a   Hagen, Ferry ^a   Boekhout, Teun ^a,b  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus gattii; Cryptococcus neoformans; Pathogen; Taxonomy; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL REPRODUCTION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MYCOSIS; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEROTYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 42049094198     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1130-1406(08)70019-6     Document Type: Review

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