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This applies to both unicellular and multicellular hosts such as amoeba and animals, respectively. Ingestion by phagocytic cells results in the formation of the cryptococcal phagosome but this structure has proved difficult to isolate. In this study, we report the successful isolation of cryptococcal phagosomes from murine and human phagocytes, followed by their characterization using proteomic and transcriptional analysis. Comparison of cryptococcal proteins from\n                    <jats:italic>Acanthamoeba castellanii<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Mus musculus<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>Homo sapiens<\/jats:italic>\n                    phagocytes revealed the existence of a shared set suggesting a conserved fungal response to ingestion by phagocytic cells. 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