Paramecium species ingest and kill the cells of the human pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 775-779

  Frager, Shalom Z ^a   Chrisman, Cara J ^a   Shakked, Rachel ^a   Casadevall, Arturo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptoccocus neoformans; Environmental predators; Evolution; Paramecium; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENVIRONMENT; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; INGESTION; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM; PREDATION; GENETIC SELECTION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; PARAMECIUM; PROTISTA;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PARAMECIUM; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77954807458     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693780903451810     Document Type: Article

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