Cryptococcus kuetzingii

Cryptococcus kuetzingii is a species of yeasts. It can be used as sole source of food for the rearing of Caenorhabditis elegans.[2]

Cryptococcus kuetzingii
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C. laurentii
Binomial name
Cryptococcus kuetzingii
Fell & Phaff, 1967[1]
Synonyms
  • Cryptococcus albidus var. kuetzingii (Fell & Phaff) Fonseca, Scorzetti & Fell
  • Cryptococcus kuetzingii Fell & Phaff, 1967

References

  1. Fell & Phaff, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 33 (4): 465 (1967)
  2. Killing of Caenorhabditis elegans by Cryptococcus neoformans as a model of yeast pathogenesis. Eleftherios Mylonakis, Frederick M. Ausubel, John R. Perfect, Joseph Heitman and Stephen B. Calderwood, PNAS 2002 November, 99 (24) 15675-15680, doi:10.1073/pnas.232568599


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