Cryptococcus neoformans

Taxonomy ID: 5207 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:5207)

current name

Cryptococcus neoformans  (San Felice) Vuill., 1901

homotypic synonym:

Blastomyces neoformans  (San Felice) Arzt, 1924

Debaryomyces neoformans  (San Felice) Redaelli, Cif. & A. Giord., 1937

Lipomyces neoformans  (San Felice) Cif., 1960

Torula neoformans  (San Felice) J.D. Weis, 1902

Torulopsis neoformans  (San Felice) Redaelli, 1931

basionym:

Saccharomyces neoformans  San Felice, 1895

NCBI BLAST name: basidiomycete fungi
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 4 (Mold Mitochondrial; Protozoan Mitochondrial; Coelenterate Mitochondrial; Mycoplasma; Spiroplasma)
Other names:

heterotypic synonym

Filobasidiella neoformans  Kwon-Chung, 1976

heterotypic synonym

Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii  Franzot et al., 1999

type material of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii: CBS : 8710 , NYSD : 1649

common name(s)

Cryptococcus neoformans serotype A

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Fungi; Dikarya; Basidiomycota; Agaricomycotina; Tremellomycetes; Tremellales; Cryptococcaceae; Cryptococcus; Cryptococcus neoformans species complex

Comments and References:

Hagen F et al. (2015) Hagen F, Khayhan K, Theelen B, Kolecka A, Polacheck I, Sionov E, Falk R, Parnmen S, Lumbsch HT, Boekhout T. 2015. Recognition of seven species in the Cryptococcus gattii/Cryptococcus neoformans species complex. Fungal Genet Biol 78:16-48.

Diaz et al. 2000 Diaz, M.R., Boekhout, T., Theelen, B., and Fell, J.A. 2000. Molecular sequences analyses of the intergenic spacer (IGS) associated with rDNA of the two pathogenic varieties of the pathogenic yeast, Cryptococcus neoformans. System. Appl. Microbiol. 23: 535-545.

Kwon-Chung et al. (2017) Kwon-Chung K.J. et al. 2017. The Case for Adopting the “Species Complex” Nomenclature for the Etiologic Agents of Cryptococcosis. mSphere.

Boekhout et al. 2001 Boekhout, T. et al. 2001. Hybrid genotypes in the pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans. Microbiology 147: 891-907.

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