Fonsecaea

Fonsecaea
Conidiophores of Fonsecaea pedrosoi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Chaetothyriales
Family: Herpotrichiellaceae
Genus: Fonsecaea
Type species
Fonsecaea pedrosoi
(Brumpt) Negroni (1936)
Species

F. brasiliensis[1]
F. compacta
F. monophora
F. multimorphosa[2]
F. nubica[3]
F. pedrosoi

Fonsecaea is a genus of fungi in the family Herpotrichiellaceae. The type species, Fonsecaea pedrosoi, is associated with the disease chromoblastomycosis.[4]

References

  1. ^ Vicente VA, Orélis-Ribeiro R, Najafzadeh MJ, Sun J, Guerra RS, Miesch S, Ostrensky A, Meis JF, Klaassen CH, de Hoog GS, Boeger WA (2012). "Black yeast-like fungi associated with Lethargic Crab Disease (LCD) in the mangrove-land crab, Ucides cordatus (Ocypodidae)". Veterinary Microbiology. 158 (1–2): 109–122. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.01.031. PMID 22440399.
  2. ^ Najafzadeh MJ, Vicente VA, Meis JF, de Hoog GS (2010). "Fonsecaea multimorphosa sp. nov, a new opportunistic species of Chaetothyriales isolated from a feline cerebral abscess". Fungal Biology. 115 (10): 1066–1076. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2011.06.007. PMID 21944218.
  3. ^ Najafzadeh MJ, Sun J, Vicente V, Xi L, van den Ende AH, de Hoog GS (2010). "Fonsecaea nubica sp. nov, a new agent of human chromoblastomycosis revealed using molecular data". Medical Mycology. 48 (6): 800–806. doi:10.3109/13693780903503081. PMID 20302550.
  4. ^ de Andrade TS, Cury AE, de Castro LG, Hirata MH, Hirata RD (2007). "Rapid identification of Fonsecaea by duplex polymerase chain reaction in isolates from patients with chromoblastomycosis". Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 57 (3): 267–272. doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.08.024. PMID 17338941.


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