Part A:
1) Filobasidiella neoformans 2) Cryptococcus neoformans 3) Christensen’s Urea agar 4) Person to person through inhaling the aerosol droplets. Part B: Similarities and individualities between Cryptococcus sp. vs Histoplasma sp. Cryptococcus sp. belongs to basidiomycetes that consist of dimorphic life cycles, one is prominent yeast form and second is the hyphal form that produces infectious basidiospores. Similarly, Histoplasma sp. also is a dimorphic fungus with yeast forms and hyphal forms. These both species are responsible for meningoencephalitis and meningitis that is caused by its encapsulated form. The most prevalent etiologic agent of Cryptococcus sp. is Cryptococcus neoformans while ...
