PropertyValue
?:definition
  • An encapsulated yeast in the phylum Basidiomycota. This species is globose to ovoid shaped, urease-positive, pseudohyphae- and nitrate-negative, does not ferment sugars, and assimilates glucose, maltose, sucrose, galactose, trehalose, raffinose, inositol, cellobiose, rhamnose, arabinose, melezitose and xylose. C. gattii is a human opportunistic pathogen and causes pulmonary cryptococcosis, basal meningitis and cerebral cryptococcomas in immunocompromised hosts. It is also associated with skin, soft tissue, lymph node, bone, and joint infections.
?:hasCUIAnnotation
?:hasGeneratedBy
?:type

Metadata

Anon_0  
expand all