TY - JOUR
T1 - New species of Cladosporium associated with human and animal infections
AU - Sandoval-Denis, M.
AU - Gené, J.
AU - Sutton, D. A.
AU - Wiederhold, N. P.
AU - Cano-Lira, J. F.
AU - Guarro, J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015-2016 Naturalis Biodiversity Center & Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures.
PY - 2016/6
Y1 - 2016/6
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Capnodiales
KW - Cladosporiaceae
KW - Dothideomycetes
KW - Phylogeny
KW - Taxonomy
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U2 - 10.3767/003158516X691951
DO - 10.3767/003158516X691951
M3 - Article
C2 - 27616793
AN - SCOPUS:84979937574
SN - 0031-5850
VL - 36
SP - 281
EP - 298
JO - Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi
JF - Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi
IS - JUNE
ER -