New species of Cladosporium associated with human and animal infections

M. Sandoval-Denis, J. Gené, D. A. Sutton, N. P. Wiederhold, J. F. Cano-Lira, J. Guarro

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Abstract

Cladosporium is mainly known as a ubiquitous environmental saprobic fungus or plant endophyte, and to date, just a few species have been documented as etiologic agents in vertebrate hosts, including humans. In the present study, 10 new species of the genus were isolated from human and animal clinical specimens from the USA. They are proposed and characterized on the basis of their morphology and a molecular phylogenetic analysis using DNA sequences from three loci (the ITS region of the rDNA, and partial fragments of the translation elongation factor 1-alpha and actin genes). Six of those species belong to the C. cladosporioides species complex, i.e., C. alboflavescens, C. angulosum, C. anthropophilum, C. crousii, C. flavovirens and C. xantochromaticum, three new species belong to the C. herbarum species complex, i.e., C. floccosum, C. subcinereum and C. tuberosum; and one to the C. sphaerospermum species complex, namely, C. succulentum. Differential morphological features of the new taxa are provided together with molecular barcodes to distinguish them from the currently accepted species of the genus.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)281-298
Number of pages18
JournalPersoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi
Volume36
Issue numberJUNE
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2016

Keywords

  • Capnodiales
  • Cladosporiaceae
  • Dothideomycetes
  • Phylogeny
  • Taxonomy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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