Arthrocladium, an unexpected human opportunist in Trichomeriaceae (Chaetothyriales)

Mariana M F Nascimento; Laura Selbmann; Somayeh Sharifynia; Abdullah M S Al-Hatmi; Hermann Voglmayr; Vania A Vicente; Shuwen Deng; Alexandra Kargl; Tarek A A Moussa; Hassan S Al-Zahrani; Omar A Almaghrabi; G Sybren de Hoog

doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2015.08.018

Arthrocladium, an unexpected human opportunist in Trichomeriaceae (Chaetothyriales)

Fungal Biol. 2016 Feb;120(2):207-18. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2015.08.018. Epub 2015 Sep 5.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Basic Pathology, Federal University of Paraná State, 81540-970, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil; CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, PO Box 85167, 3508 AD, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
² Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, 01100, Viterbo, Italy.
³ CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, PO Box 85167, 3508 AD, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Division of Molecular Biology, Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 14155-6446, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, PO Box 85167, 3508 AD, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94248, 1090 GE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Directorate General of Health Services, Ibri Hospital, Ministry of Health, PO Box 393, 100, Muscat, Oman.
⁵ Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Vienna, A-1030, Vienna, Austria.
⁶ Department of Basic Pathology, Federal University of Paraná State, 81540-970, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), 71605-001, Brasília, Brazil.
⁷ Shanghai Institute of Medical Mycology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 200003, Shanghai, China.
⁸ Hautärzte am Gasteig, 81669, Munich, Germany.
⁹ Biological Sciences Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, PO Box 80203, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt.
¹⁰ Biological Sciences Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, PO Box 80203, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
¹¹ Department of Basic Pathology, Federal University of Paraná State, 81540-970, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil; CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, PO Box 85167, 3508 AD, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94248, 1090 GE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Shanghai Institute of Medical Mycology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 200003, Shanghai, China; Biological Sciences Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, PO Box 80203, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: de.hoog@cbs.knaw.nl.

PMID: 26781377
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2015.08.018

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.

Keywords: Black yeasts; Disseminated infection; Phylogeny; Sterile fungi.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Ascomycota / classification
Ascomycota / genetics
Ascomycota / growth & development
Ascomycota / isolation & purification*
Environmental Microbiology
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Mycoses / microbiology*
Phylogeny
Spores, Fungal / classification
Spores, Fungal / genetics
Spores, Fungal / growth & development
Spores, Fungal / isolation & purification
Wood / microbiology