Cryptococcus depauperatus, a close relative of the human-pathogen C. neoformans, associated with coffee leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix) in Cameroon.

ABSTRACT: The genus Cryptococcus is well known for its two species -Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gatii- that are etiological agents of cryptococcosis, an important fungal disease of mammals, including humans, and which is particularly common in immunocompromised patients. Nevertheless, Cryptococcus is a large and widely distributed genus of basidiomycetes occupying a broad range of niches, including mycoparasitism. One such mycoparasitic species is Cryptococcus depauperatus, which was firstly mistakenly described as a pathogen of scale insects under the name Aspergillus depauperatus. The "Aspergillus" conidiophores were later shown to be basidia of a Cryptococcus and the new combination C. depauperatus was proposed. Additionally, instead of an entomopathogen, the fungus was found to be a mycoparas

SUBMITTER: Guterres DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8578230 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature