Cryptococcus neoformans I. Nonencapsulated Mutants
- 1 November 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 94 (5), 1475-+
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.94.5.1475-1479.1967
Abstract
Seven nonencapsulated mutants of C. neoformans were isolated from an encapsulated strain of human origin. Initially, the mutants were avirulent for mice. After several months of sub-culturing, 6 of the 7 isolates reverted to the encapsulated state and possessed varying degrees of virulence. The results of these ex-periments suggest that a strong correlation exists between the presence of a capsule and the virulence of C. neoformans.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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