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Amoeba predation of <i>Cryptococcus neoformans</i> results in pleiotropic changes to traits associated with virulence

2020-08-07

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Phagocytic amoeboid predators such as amoeba have been proposed to select for survival traits in soil microbes such as Cryptococcus neoformans that can also function in animal virulence by defeating phagocytic immune cells, such as macrophages. Several prior studies have shown that incubation of various fungal species with amoeba can enhance their virulence. However, the mechanisms by which fungi adapt to amoeba...

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Literature Corpus work: 2cfe9c56-7d41-5f01-bab8-8c1ccce796be
DOI: 10.1101/2020.08.07.241190

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