Amoeba Predation of Cryptococcus neoformans Results in Pleiotropic Changes to Traits Associated with Virulence

mBio (Apr 2021)

Affiliations

Man Shun Fu: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Livia C. Liporagi-Lopes: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Samuel R. dos Santos: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Jennifer L. Tenor: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine and Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
John R. Perfect: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine and Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Christina A. Cuomo: ORCiD; Infectious Disease and Microbiome Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Arturo Casadevall: ORCiD; Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Abstract

Cryptococcus neoformansC. neoformans