Wieland Meyer

TL;DR: This work used phylogenetic and recombination analyses, based on AFLP and multiple MLST datasets, and coalescence gene genealogy to demonstrate that these outbreaks have arisen from a highly-recombining C. gattii called AFLP6/VGII, but the origin of the outbreak clades remains enigmatic.

TL;DR: A conceptual framework for the identification of fungi is provided, encouraging the approach of integrative (polyphasic) taxonomy for species delimitation, i.e. the combination of genealogy, phenotype, and phenotype-based approaches to catalog the global diversity of fungi and establish initial species hypotheses.

TL;DR: Genetic comparisons revealed that the genomes of the two representative C. gattii strains (genotypes VGI and VGIIa) are colinear for the majority of chromosomes, with some minor rearrangements, however, multiortholog phylogenetic analysis and an evaluation of gene/sequence conservation support the existence of speciation within the C. Gattii complex.

TL;DR: Neonatologists and pediatricians must consider age-specific differences in candidemia in neonates, children, and adults when interpreting adult studies and developing treatment and prevention guidelines.

TL;DR: Analysis of clinical, microbiological, and outcome data in Australian patients followed for 12 months, to identify prognostic determinants, found patient immunocompromise was associated with increased mortality risk and Neurological C. gattii disease predominates in the Australian endemic setting.