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=1. Classification=
=1. Classification=
==a. Higher order taxa==
==a. Higher order taxa==
Domain; Phylum; Class; Order; Family; Genus
 
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<i>"Cryptococcus gattii"</i>
=2. Description and significance=
 
Describe the appearance, habitat, etc. of the organism, and why you think it is important.
Eukaryota; Fungi; Basidiomycota; Tremellomycetes; Tremellales; Cryptococcaceae; Cryptococcus [[#References |[1]]].
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=2. Introduction=
Cryptococcus gattii is a fungal pathogen originating in Australian eucalyptus and almond trees [[#References |[2]]]. that has been known to cause respiratory failure and serious central nervous system complications when infecting a human host [[#References |[3]]]. Although the pathogenicity of C. gattii has in large part already been investigated, the global distribution of the microbe is unclear because strains of the fungus have only been found in places where samples are tested - areas of high-incidence [[#References |[4]]]. This yeast is endemic in parts of Australia, and is normally found in tropical and subtropical areas. However, it has recently been identified as the cause of a cryptococcosis outbreak in British Columbia and parts of the American Pacific Northwest [[#References |[2]]]. C. gattii is a leading cause of pulmonary cryptococcosis, basal meningitis, and cerebral cryptococcomas whose emergence, it has been suggested, is a result of changing climate conditions [[#References |[5]]].
 
=3. Genome structure=
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=4. Cell structure=
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=6. Ecology=
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=7. Pathology=
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=8. Current Research=
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=9. References=
 
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=10. References=
It is required that you add at least five primary research articles (in same format as the sample reference below) that corresponds to the info that you added to this page.
It is required that you add at least five primary research articles (in same format as the sample reference below) that corresponds to the info that you added to this page.
[Sample reference] Faller, A., and Schleifer, K. "Modified Oxidase and Benzidine Tests for Separation of Staphylococci from Micrococci". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 1981. Volume 13. p. 1031-1035.
[Sample reference] Faller, A., and Schleifer, K. "Modified Oxidase and Benzidine Tests for Separation of Staphylococci from Micrococci". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 1981. Volume 13. p. 1031-1035.

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1. Classification

a. Higher order taxa

"Cryptococcus gattii"

Eukaryota; Fungi; Basidiomycota; Tremellomycetes; Tremellales; Cryptococcaceae; Cryptococcus [1].


2. Introduction

Cryptococcus gattii is a fungal pathogen originating in Australian eucalyptus and almond trees [2]. that has been known to cause respiratory failure and serious central nervous system complications when infecting a human host [3]. Although the pathogenicity of C. gattii has in large part already been investigated, the global distribution of the microbe is unclear because strains of the fungus have only been found in places where samples are tested - areas of high-incidence [4]. This yeast is endemic in parts of Australia, and is normally found in tropical and subtropical areas. However, it has recently been identified as the cause of a cryptococcosis outbreak in British Columbia and parts of the American Pacific Northwest [2]. C. gattii is a leading cause of pulmonary cryptococcosis, basal meningitis, and cerebral cryptococcomas whose emergence, it has been suggested, is a result of changing climate conditions [5].

3. Genome structure

4. Cell structure

5. Metabolic processes

6. Ecology

7. Pathology

8. Current Research

9. Other

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10. References

It is required that you add at least five primary research articles (in same format as the sample reference below) that corresponds to the info that you added to this page. [Sample reference] Faller, A., and Schleifer, K. "Modified Oxidase and Benzidine Tests for Separation of Staphylococci from Micrococci". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 1981. Volume 13. p. 1031-1035.