Papiliotrema laurentii

Torula laurentii Kuff (1920) Cryptococcus laurentii (Kuff) Lodder (1934) Papiliotrema laurentii (synonym Cryptococcus laurentii) is a species of fungus in the family Rhynchogastremaceae.

It is typically isolated in its yeast state.

In its yeast state, it is a rare human pathogen, able to provoke a skin condition,[1] or fungemia in immunocompromised hosts.

[2] It can also be used as sole source of food for the rearing of Caenorhabditis elegans.

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