Papiliotrema laurentii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Tremellomycetes |
Order: | Tremellales |
Family: | Rhynchogastremaceae |
Genus: | Papiliotrema |
Species: | P. laurentii
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Binomial name | |
Papiliotrema laurentii (Kuff.) X.Z. Liu, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout (2015)
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Synonyms | |
Torula laurentii Kuff (1920) |
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.[3]