Impact of pathogen genetics on clinical phenotypes in a population of Talaromyces marneffei from Vietnam

P Sephton-Clark, T Nguyen, NT Hoa, P Ashton… - Genetics, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Talaromycosis, a severe and invasive fungal infection caused by Talaromyces marneffei, is
difficult to treat and impacts those living in endemic regions of Southeast Asia, India, and …

Caught red feathered: infection from cockatoo to human and mice reveals genetic plasticity of Cryptococcus neoformans during mammalian passage

DG Cohen, RA Wingert - Tissue Barriers, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is pervasive in our environment and causes the
infectious disease cryptococcosis in humans, most commonly in immunocompromised …

Molecular characterization of clinical and environmental isolates from the Cryptococcus neoformans/C. Gattii species complexes of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

DL de Holanda Fonseca, DMW Silva… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Cryptococcosis is one of the major life-threatening opportunistic/systemic fungal diseases of
worldwide occurrence, which can be asymptomatic or establish pneumonia and …

The buoyancy of cryptococcal cells and its implications for transport and persistence of Cryptococcus in aqueous environments

IA Jimenez, PR Stempinski, Q Dragotakes… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Cryptococcus is a genus of saprophytic fungi with global distribution. Two species
complexes, C. neoformans and C. gattii, pose health risks to humans and animals …

Cryptococcus neoformans: plant–microbe interactions and ecology

M Hallas-Mølle, M Burow, B Henrissat… - Trends in Microbiology, 2024 - cell.com
While the opportunistic human pathogens Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus
gattii are often isolated from plants and plant-related material, evidence suggests that these …

Distinct pathways of adaptive evolution in Cryptococcus neoformans reveal a mutation in adenylyl cyclase with trade-offs for pathogenicity

ZA Hilbert, JM Bednarek, MJW Schwiesow, KY Chung… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Pathogenic fungi populate a wide range of environments and infect a diversity of host
species. Despite this substantial biological flexibility, the impact of interactions between …