Genetic Diversity of the Cryptococcus Species Complex Suggests that Cryptococcus gattii Deserves to Have Varieties

• Popchai Ngamskulrungroj,

  Affiliations Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, The University of Sydney Western Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Felix Gilgado,

  Affiliations Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, The University of Sydney Western Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Josiane Faganello,

  Affiliation Centro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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• Anastasia P. Litvintseva,

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

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• Ana Lusia Leal,

  Affiliation Centro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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• Kin Ming Tsui,

  Affiliations Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, The University of Sydney Western Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Thomas G. Mitchell,

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

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• Marilene Henning Vainstein,

  Affiliation Centro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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• Wieland Meyer

  * E-mail: w.meyer@usyd.edu.au

  Affiliations Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, The University of Sydney Western Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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