Phylogenetic Analysis of Phenotypically Characterized Cryptococcus laurentii Isolates Reveals High Frequency of Cryptic Species

Kennio Ferreira-Paim; Thatiana Bragine Ferreira; Leonardo Andrade-Silva; Delio Jose Mora; Deborah J. Springer; Joseph Heitman; Fernanda Machado Fonseca; Dulcilena Matos; Márcia Souza Carvalho Melhem; Mario León Silva-Vergara

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108633

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Phylogenetic Analysis of Phenotypically Characterized Cryptococcus laurentii Isolates Reveals High Frequency of Cryptic Species

Kennio Ferreira-Paim ,

* E-mail: kenniopaim@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Triangulo Mineiro Federal University, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Thatiana Bragine Ferreira,

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Triangulo Mineiro Federal University, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Leonardo Andrade-Silva,

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Triangulo Mineiro Federal University, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Delio Jose Mora,

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Triangulo Mineiro Federal University, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Deborah J. Springer,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Joseph Heitman,

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Fernanda Machado Fonseca,

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Triangulo Mineiro Federal University, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Dulcilena Matos,

Affiliation Public Health Reference Laboratory, Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Márcia Souza Carvalho Melhem,

Affiliation Public Health Reference Laboratory, Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Mario León Silva-Vergara

Affiliation Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Triangulo Mineiro Federal University, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Phylogenetic Analysis of Phenotypically Characterized Cryptococcus laurentii Isolates Reveals High Frequency of Cryptic Species

Kennio Ferreira-Paim,
Thatiana Bragine Ferreira,
Leonardo Andrade-Silva,
Delio Jose Mora,
Deborah J. Springer,
Joseph Heitman,
Fernanda Machado Fonseca,
Dulcilena Matos,
Márcia Souza Carvalho Melhem,
Mario León Silva-Vergara

Published: September 24, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108633

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