Cell surface hydrophobicity (CSH) is an important cellular biophysical parameter which
affects both cell-cell and cell-surface interactions. In dimorphic fungi, multiple factors …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a ubiquitous environmental fungus and an opportunistic
pathogen that causes fatal cryptococcal meningitis. Advances in genomics, genetics, and …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a dimorphic fungus that causes lethal meningoencephalitis
mainly in immunocompromised individuals. Different morphotypes enable this …

Blastomycosis, caused by Blastomyces spp., is an endemic mycosis capable of causing
significant disease throughout the body. Higher rates of infection are seen in the Mississippi …

This review explores the origins of intracellular parasitism, an intriguing facet of symbiosis,
where one organism harms its host, potentially becoming deadly. We focus on three …

Environmental fungi are globally ubiquitous and human exposure is near universal.
However, relatively few fungal species are capable of infecting humans, and among fungi …

Intracellular pathogens secrete effectors to manipulate their host cells. Histoplasma
capsulatum (Hc) is a fungal intracellular pathogen of humans that grows in a yeast form in …

The yeast-to-hypha transition is tightly associated with pathogenicity in many human
pathogenic fungi, such as the model fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans, which is …

Blastomycosis is a serious fungal disease of humans and other mammals caused by
environmentally acquired infection with geographically restricted, thermally dimorphic fungi …

Endemic mycoses including Histoplasma, Blastomyces, Coccidioides, Paracoccidioides,
and Talaromyces are dimorphic fungi that can cause a variety of clinical manifestations …