Species

Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans JEC20

[ Opisthokonta | Fungi | Dikarya | . . .
. . . | Cryptococcus | Cryptococcus neoformans species complex | Cryptococcus neoformans ]

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Taxonomy: Eukaryota | Opisthokonta | Fungi | Dikarya | Basidiomycota | Agaricomycotina | Tremellomycetes | Tremellales | Cryptococcaceae | Cryptococcus | Cryptococcus neoformans species complex | Cryptococcus neoformans Synonym: Cryptococcus deneoformans, Filobasidiella neoformans var. neoformans, Cryptococcus neoformans serotype D Comment: Cryptococcus neoformans is a bipolar heterothallic fungus that causes cryptococcosis, one of the most serious fungal diseases worldwide. Filobasidiella neoformans, has never been observed in nature and was obtained on artificial medium inducing mating of two Cryptococcus strains of different mating type. Go to NCBI Taxonomy (40410) Encyclopedia of life Wikipedia Project: The Gene Index Project: DFCI Cryptococcus sp. (Filobasidiella neoformans) Gene Index