the basidiomycetous yeast genus cryptococcus contains two medically important pathogens, cryptococcus neoformans and c. gattii [1-3]. c. neoformans is one of the common pathogens in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids), whereas the most cases of diseases due to c. gattii happened in the healthy individuals [2, 4]. c. gattii has a tendency to affect the respiratory and nervous systems of th...