Species

Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans XL280

[ 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 Projects: National Center for Biotechnology Information: NCBI Fungi Genomes Project Publication: Ni M, Feretzaki M, Li W et. al. (2013) Unisexual and heterosexual meiotic reproduction generate aneuploidy and phenotypic diversity de novo in the yeast Cryptococcus neoformans. PLoS Biol 11, e1001653. 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001653 Genome files National Center for Biotechnology Information Type Version Date Compl Cov GC % Size (Mbp) Contigs CGR Illegal Chars N50 (kbp) Acc File Seq info Chromosome v 1.0.0 2013-02-13 160 48.6 6.3 5 - 1507 - Contigs v 1.0.0 2013-02-13 160 48.5 19.0 37 - 1076 -