<i>Cryptococcus neoformans</i>var.<i>gattii</i>can exploit<i>Acanthamoeba castellanii</i>for growth

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It has recently been proposed that the origin and maintenance of virulence in certain environmental fungi is influenced by their interactions with non-vertebrate hosts such as amoebae and nematodes. In prior studies we have shown that the interactions of the soil amoebae Acanthamoeba castellanii with Cryptococcus neoformans varieties neoformans and grubii resemble those with macrophages. Here we extend those...

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