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Arthrocladium, an Unexpected Human Opportunist in Trichomeriaceae (Chaetothyriales) Publisher Pubmed



Nascimento MMF1, 2 ; Selbmann L3 ; Sharifynia S2, 4 ; Alhatmi AMS2, 5, 6 ; Voglmayr H7 ; Vicente VA1, 8 ; Deng S9 ; Kargl A10 ; Moussa TAA11, 12 ; Alzahrani HS11 ; Almaghrabi OA11 ; De Hoog GS1, 2, 5, 9, 11
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  1. 1. Department of Basic Pathology, Federal University of Parana State, Curitiba, Parana, 81540-970, Brazil
  2. 2. CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, PO Box 85167, Utrecht, 3508 AD, Netherlands
  3. 3. Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, 01100, Italy
  4. 4. Division of Molecular Biology, Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 14155-6446, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94248, Amsterdam, 1090 GE, Netherlands
  6. 6. Directorate General of Health Services, Ibri Hospital, Ministry of Health, PO Box 393 100, Muscat, Oman
  7. 7. Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Vienna, Vienna, A-1030, Austria
  8. 8. Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Brasilia, 71605-001, Brazil
  9. 9. Shanghai Institute of Medical Mycology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200003, China
  10. 10. Hautarzte am Gasteig, Munich, 81669, Germany
  11. 11. Biological Sciences Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, PO Box 80203, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  12. 12. Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt

Source: Fungal Biology Published:2016


Abstract

The family Trichomeriaceae (Chaetothyriales) mainly comprises epiphytic and epilithic organisms. In some species elaborate ascomata are formed, but for the great majority the species no asexual conidium formation is known other than simple fragmentation of the thallus. The present paper re-establishes the genus Arthrocladium with three non-sporulating species. One of these is described for a strain causing a fatal infection in a human patient with a rare genetic immune disorder. © 2015 The British Mycological Society.