Taxonomy of Pathogenic Yeasts Candida, Cryptococcus, Malassezia, and Trichosporon

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This review describes the changes in yeast species names in the previous decade. Several yeast species have been reclassified to accommodate the "One fungus=One name" (1F=1N) principle of the Code. As the names of medically important yeasts have also been reviewed and revised, details of the genera Candida, Cryptococcus, Malassezia, and Trichosporon are described in Section 3, along with the history of name...

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