TABLE 1 .
PP and PI for cryptococcia
| Fungal strain | 2 h |
6 h |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean no. of fungi/cell | PP | PI | Mean no. of fungi/cell | PP | PI | |
| C. neoformans H99 | 0.96 | 16.99 | 16.34 | 1.07 | 32.37 | 34.53 |
| C. amylolentus CBS 6039 | 1.97 | 46.53 | 91.67 | 1.59 | 31.40 | 50.00 |
| C. podzolicus CBS 6490 | 1.85 | 52.15 | 96.32 | 1.57 | 44.77 | 70.35 |
| C. podzolicus CBS 9357 | 1.57 | 33.65 | 52.88 | 1.85 | 38.40 | 71.20 |
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A. castellanii ATCC 30234 was incubated 2 and 6 h with the different cryptococci at a 1:1 ratio. The non-heat-tolerant cryptococci have a higher PP (phagocytic percentage), PI (phagocytic index), and mean number of yeast per amoebae than C. neoformans var. grubii (H99).