Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are the two etiologic agents of
cryptococcosis. They belong to the phylum Basidiomycota and can be readily distinguished …

The human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans is characterized by its ability to
induce a distinct polysaccharide capsule in response to a number of host-specific …

Extracellular vesicle production is a ubiquitous process in Gram-negative bacteria, but little
is known about such process in Gram-positive bacteria. We report the isolation of …

The capsule of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans has been studied extensively
in recent decades and a large body of information is now available to the scientific …

The capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans is its dominant virulence factor and plays a key
role in the biology of this fungus. In this essay, we focus on the capsule as a cellular …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a facultative intracellular pathogen. The most distinctive feature
of C. neoformans is a polysaccharide capsule that enlarges depending on environmental …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a pathogenic fungus responsible for severe opportunistic
infections. The most prominent feature of this yeast is its elaborate polysaccharide capsule …

Fungal polysaccharides (PSs) are the subject of research in many fields of science and
industry. Many properties of PSs have already been confirmed and the list of postulated …

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are lipid bilayered compartments released by virtually all living
cells, including fungi. Among the diverse molecules carried by fungal EVs, a number of …

A remarkable aspect of the interaction of Cryptococcus neoformans with mammalian hosts is
a consistent increase in capsule volume. Given that many aspects of the interaction of C …