Cryptococcus
See also: cryptococcus
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden, secret”) + κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”).
Proper noun
Cryptococcus m
- Principally soil-dwelling yeast fungi, but certain species cause cryptococcosis or meningitis in mammals including humans:
- A taxonomic genus within the family Tremellaceae.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cryptococcaceae.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Eriococcidae – certain scale insects, soft scales, some of which are pests in agriculture.
Synonyms
- (genus in Tremellaceae): Filobasidiella (teleomorph)
Hypernyms
- (genus in Tremellaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Dikarya – subkingdom; Basidiomycota – phylum; Agaricomycotina - subphylum; Tremellomycetes - class; Tremellales - order; Tremellaceae - family
- (genus in Cryptococcaeae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Dikarya – subkingdom; Basidiomycota – phylum; Agaricomycotina - subphylum; Tremellomycetes - class; Tremellales - order; Cryptococcaceae - family
- (genus in Eriococcidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Paraneoptera - superorder; Hemiptera - order; Sternorrhyncha - suborder; Coccoidea - superfamily; Eriococcidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus in Tremellaceae or Cryptococcaeae): Cryptococcus neoformans - type species
- (genus in Eriococcidae): For species see
Cryptococcus (Eriococcidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Further reading
- fungus
Cryptococcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Cryptococcus (Tremellaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cryptococcus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Cryptococcus at MycoBank
- Cryptococcus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Cryptococcus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Cryptococcus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Cryptococcus at Index Fungorum
- insect
- Cryptococcus (insect) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cryptococcus (Eriococcidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Eriococcidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Cryptococcus at the Catalogue of Life
- Cryptococcus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Cryptococcus at Encyclopedia of Life
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