National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Cryptococcus

Synonyms

CRYPTOCOCCUS

Cryptococcus

Definitions

A genus of fungi in the phylum Basidiomycota that grows in culture as an encapsulated yeast. Its sexual form is called Filobasidiella and its asexual form is called Cryptococcus.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77184

ALT_DEFINITION

Any fungal organism that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Cryptococcus genus level.

code

C77184

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C85491

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

A genus of fungi in the phylum Basidiomycota that grows in culture as an encapsulated yeast. Its sexual form is called Filobasidiella and its asexual form is called Cryptococcus.

FULL_SYN

CRYPTOCOCCUS

Cryptococcus

label

Cryptococcus

Legacy Concept Name

Cryptococcus

NCBI_Taxon_ID

5415

Preferred_Name

Cryptococcus

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C77184

Semantic_Type

Fungus

UMLS_CUI

C0010415

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77169

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