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Research Article | Host-Microbe Biology

The Buoyancy of Cryptococcus neoformans Is Affected by Capsule Size

Raghav Vij, Radames J. B. Cordero, Arturo Casadevall
J. Andrew Alspaugh, Editor
Raghav Vij
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DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.00534-18
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00534-18
PubMed 
30404928

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History 
  • Received September 27, 2018
  • Accepted October 17, 2018
  • Published online November 7, 2018.

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Copyright © 2018 Vij et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
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  • J. Andrew Alspaugh, Editor, Duke University Medical Center

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  1. Raghav Vija,
  2. Radames J. B. Corderoa and
  3. Arturo Casadevalla
  1. aDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • Address correspondence to Arturo Casadevall, acasade1{at}jhu.edu.
  • Citation Vij R, Cordero RJB, Casadevall A. 2018. The buoyancy of Cryptococcus neoformans is affected by capsule size. mSphere 3:e00534-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00534-18.

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