| cryptococcus albidus infection in a california sea lion (zalophus californianus). | sporadic cases of cryptococcosis have been reported in marine mammals, typically due to cryptococcus neoformans and, more recently, to cryptococcus gattii in cetaceans. cryptococcus albidus, a ubiquitous fungal species not typically considered to be pathogenic, was recovered from a juvenile california sea lion (zalophus californianus) rescued near san francisco bay, california. yeast morphologically consistent with a cryptococcus sp. was identified histologically in a lymph node and c. albidus w ... | 2012 | 23060504 |