Open AccessPneumocystis Mating-Type Locus and Sexual Cycle during Infection
Author(s) -
Philippe M. Hauser
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
microbiology and molecular biology reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.358
H-Index - 247
eISSN - 1098-5557
pISSN - 1092-2172
DOI - 10.1128/mmbr.00009-21
Subject(s) - biology , mating type , locus (genetics) , genetics , evolutionary biology , gene
Pneumocystis species colonize mammalian lungs and cause deadly pneumonia if the immune system of the host weakens. Each species presents a specificity for a single mammalian host species.Pneumocystis jirovecii infects humans and provokes pneumonia, which is among the most frequent invasive fungal infections.
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