Biology:Fonsecaea

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Fonsecaea
Fonsecaea pedrosoi.jpg
Conidiophores of Fonsecaea pedrosoi
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Fonsecaea
Type species
Fonsecaea pedrosoi
(Brumpt) Negroni (1936)
Species

F. brasiliensis[1]
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. "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. 2012. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.01.031. PMID 22440399. 
  2. "Fonsecaea multimorphosa sp. nov, a new opportunistic species of Chaetothyriales isolated from a feline cerebral abscess". Fungal Biology 115 (10): 1066–1076. 2010. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2011.06.007. PMID 21944218. 
  3. "Fonsecaea nubica sp. nov, a new agent of human chromoblastomycosis revealed using molecular data". Medical Mycology 48 (6): 800–806. 2010. doi:10.3109/13693780903503081. PMID 20302550. 
  4. "Rapid identification of Fonsecaea by duplex polymerase chain reaction in isolates from patients with chromoblastomycosis". Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 57 (3): 267–272. 2007. doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.08.024. PMID 17338941. 

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