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Engineered Fluorescent Strains of Cryptococcus neoformans: a Versatile Toolbox for Studies of Host-Pathogen Interactions and Fungal Biology, Including the Viable but Nonculturable State

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen known for its remarkable ability to infect and subvert phagocytes. This ability provides survival and persistence within the host and relies on phenotypic plasticity.
Raffael Júnio Araújo de Castro, Marco Túlio Aidar Mariano Rêgo, Fabiana S. Brandão, Ana Laura Alfonso Pérez, Janice Lisboa De Marco, Marcio José Poças-Fonseca, Connie Nichols, J. Andrew Alspaugh, Maria Sueli S. Felipe, Alexandre Alanio, Anamélia Lorenzetti Bocca, Larissa Fernandes   +11 more
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Fungal Antimicrobial Resistance: Mechanisms, Drivers, and Global Clinical Burden

ChemFoodChem, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fungal antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing concern for world health caused by an increase in multidrug‐resistant infections, an increase in environmental reservoirs, and the ineffectiveness of current antifungal treatments. Fungal infections continue to be largely excluded from AMR initiatives while causing over 1.6 million deaths ...
Bikash Baral
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Three galactose inducible promoters for use in C. neoformans var. grubii [PDF]

Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2009
Cryptococcus neoformans is the causative agent of cryptococcal meningoencephalitis, most frequently occurring in immunocompromised individuals. There are three varieties of C. neoformans, var. grubii, var. neoformans, and var. gatti. Worldwide var. grubii is the most prevalent clinical isolate. However, few tools for the study of essential genes in var.
Jack A, Ruff, Jennifer K, Lodge, Lorina G, Baker   +2 more
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Environmental straits of Cryptococcus neoformans variety grubii in the city of Santos, SP, Brazil Amostras ambientais de Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii na cidade de Santos, SP, Brasil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2005
This study involved a total of 116 samples, 79 taken from pigeon droppings and 37 of atmospheric air taken close to accumulations of excrement. Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii was isolated from 11 (13.9%) of these samples.
Maria Cecília Bianchi Soares, Claudete Rodrigues Paula, Amanda L.T. Dias, Marcos Montani Caseiro, Sérgio Olavo Pinto da Costa   +4 more
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Phenotypic and Molecular Characterization of Naganishia uzbekistanensis: Diagnostic Challenges and Antifungal Resistance Profile

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, EarlyView.
The graphical abstract summarizes the laboratory characterization of Naganishia uzbekistanensis strain CY11558. The isolate shows distinct colony morphology, globular yeast cells with a fibrillar surface network under scanning electron microscopy, and a weakly positive cryptococcal antigen reaction.
Xin Fan, Xinfei Chen, Jin Li, Rongchen Dai, Pengjie Hu, Li Gu, Meng Xiao, Xiaomin Yu   +7 more
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Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans (Serotype D) Strains Are More Susceptible to Heat than C. neoformans var. grubii (Serotype A) Strains [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2001
ABSTRACT Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans (serotype D) and C. neoformans var. grubii (serotype A) differ in geographic prevalence and dermatotropism, with C. neoformans var. neoformans strains
L R, Martinez, J, Garcia-Rivera, A, Casadevall   +2 more
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The outcome of Cryptococcus neoformans intracellular pathogenesis in human monocytes

BMC Microbiology, 2009
Background Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated yeast that is a facultative intracellular pathogen. The interaction between macrophages and C. neoformans is critical for extrapulmonary dissemination of this pathogenic yeast. C.
Pirofski Liise-anne, Luo Yong, Burn Tamika, Alvarez Mauricio, Casadevall Arturo   +4 more
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Cryptococcus neoformans and Other Opportunistic Cryptococcus Species in Pigeon Dropping in Saudi Arabia: Identification and Characterization by DNA Sequencing

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
The prevalent variants of Cryptococcus neoformans, and other Cryptococcus species in pigeon excreta in Western Region of Saudi Arabia were studied.
Bashir Sirag, El-Shiekh Khidir, Mohammed Dumyati, Basam Sindi, Mahir Alsinnari, Hani Faidah, Abdalla Ahmed   +6 more
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The Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv0132c Gene Product Mtb‐FGD2 Can Act as an F420‐Dependent Glucose Dehydrogenase

Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The role of the cell envelope‐associated Rv0132c/FGD2 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis has long been a subject of debate. Importantly, FGD2 is found only in pathogenic mycobacteria, making it a potential drug target. While some suggest it functions as a glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase, others propose it acts instead as an F420‐dependent ...
Adewale V. Aderemi, Matthew Snee, Richard B. Tunnicliffe, Linus O. Johanissen, Matthew J. Cliff, Colin W. Levy, Derren J. Heyes, Marina Golovanova, Thomas A. Jowitt, Sam Hay, Andrew W. Munro, Jonathan P. Waltho, David Leys   +12 more
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Endophytic fungal compounds active against Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii [PDF]

The Journal of Antibiotics, 2015
Infections with Cryptococcus are invasive mycoses associated with significant morbidity and mortality, mainly in immunosuppressed patients. Several drugs have been introduced to combat these opportunistic infections. However, resistance of this organism to antifungal drugs has increased, causing difficulties in the treatment.
Cristiane B, Pereira, Djalma M, de Oliveira, Alice Fs, Hughes, Markus, Kohlhoff, Mariana, LA Vieira, Aline B, Martins Vaz, Mariana C, Ferreira, Camila R, Carvalho, Luiz H, Rosa, Carlos A, Rosa, Tânia Ma, Alves, Carlos L, Zani, Susana, Johann, Betania B, Cota   +13 more
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