Cryptococcus neoformans resists to drastic conditions by switching to viable but non-culturable cell phenotype.

Metabolically quiescent pathogens can persist in a viable non-replicating state for months or even years. For certain infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis, cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, latent infection is a corollary of this dormant state, which has the risk for reactivation and clinical dis...

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Main Authors:	Benjamin Hommel, Aude Sturny-Leclère, Stevenn Volant, Nathanaël Veluppillai, Magalie Duchateau, Chen-Hsin Yu, Véronique Hourdel, Hugo Varet, Mariette Matondo, John R Perfect, Arturo Casadevall, Françoise Dromer, Alexandre Alanio
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-07-01
Series:	PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:	https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1007945&type=printable
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