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Novel taxa of thermally dimorphic systemic pathogens in the Ajellomycetaceae (Onygenales).
Mycoses - 1 May 2017
Dukik Karolina, Muñoz Jose F, Jiang Yanping, Feng Peiying, Sigler Lynne, Stielow J Benjamin, Freeke Joanna, Jamalian Azadeh, Gerrits van den Ende Bert, McEwen Juan G, Clay Oliver K, Schwartz Ilan S, Govender Nelesh P, Maphanga Tsidiso G, Cuomo Christina A, Moreno Leandro F, Kenyon Chris, Borman Andrew M, de Hoog Sybren
Abstract excerpt
Recent discoveries of novel systemic fungal pathogens with thermally dimorphic yeast-like phases have challenged the current taxonomy of the Ajellomycetaceae, a family currently comprising the genera Blastomyces, Emmonsia, Emmonsiellopsis, Helicocarpus, Histoplasma, Lacazia and Paracoccidioides. Our morphological, phylogenetic and phylogenomic analyses demonstrated species relationships and their specific...
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