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| de Hoog, G.S.; Vicente, V.A.; Najafzadeh, M.J.; Harrak, M.J.; Badali, H.; Seyedmousavi, S.. |
| The majority of mesophilic waterborne species of the black yeast genus Exophiala (Chaetothyriales) belong to a single clade judging from SSU rDNA data. Most taxa are also found to cause cutaneous or disseminated infections in cold-blooded, water animals, occasionally reaching epidemic proportions. Hosts are mainly fish, frogs, toads, turtles or crabs, all sharing smooth, moist or mucous skins and waterborne or amphibian lifestyles; occasionally superficial infections in humans are noted. Cold-blooded animals with strictly terrestrial life styles, such as reptiles and birds are missing. It is concluded that animals with moist skins, i.e. those being waterborne and those possessing sweat glands, are more susceptible to black yeast infection. Melanin and the... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Amphibian disease; Black yeasts; Chaetothyriales; Exophiala; Fish disease; Lethargic crab disease; Pathogenicity; Waterborne fungi. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/531973 |
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| Crous, P.W.; Groenewald, J.Z.. |
| The Cape Floral Region represents one of the world’s biodiversity hot spots, with a high level of plant, animal and insect endemism. The fungi occurring in this region, however, remain poorly studied. It is widely postulated that each plant species should harbour at least five to six unique fungal species, a number that we regard to be a huge underestimate. To test this hypothesis, we decided to study a single senescent flower of Phaenocoma prolifera (‘everlasting’; Asteraceae) collected in South Africa, and posed the question as to how many different species of fungi could be isolated and cultivated from 10 leaf bracts. Using a damp chamber technique, numerous microfungi could be induced to sporulate, enabling most of them to be successfully isolated on... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Batcheloromyces; Catenulostroma; Cladosporium; Devriesia; Exophiala; ITS; LSU; Penicillium; Penidiella; Phaenocoma prolifera; Systematics; Teratosphaeria; Toxicocladosporium; Xenophacidiella. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/531877 |
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