Table 1.

Species, genotype and serotype groups of Cryptococcus species. Modified from [18,20,26].

Species Complex and Historical Variants	Genotype (Molecular Subtype)	Historical Serotype	Proposed Species Name [18]
C. neoformans complex
C. neoformans var. grubii	VNI, VNII, VNBI, VNBII and VNIII	A	C. neoformans
C. neoformans var. neoformans	VNIV	D	C. deneoformans
C. neoformans hybrid *	VNIII	AD hybrid	C. neoformans × C. deneoformans hybrid
C. gattii complex
C. gattii	VGI VGII, VGIIa, VGIIb, VGIIc VGIII VGIV VGV VGVI	B B C B and C B B	C. gattii C. deuterogattii C. bacillisporus C. tetragattii - † C. decagattii

* Diploid serotype AD hybrid forms of C. neoformans complex [22]. ^† Species name not yet assigned.