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.i.Chrysosporium speluncarum./i., a new species resembling .i.Ajellomyces capsulatus./i., obtained from bat guano in caves of temperate Europe
- 1.0346997 - BC 2011 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Nováková, Alena - Kolařík, Miroslav
Chrysosporium speluncarum, a new species resembling Ajellomyces capsulatus, obtained from bat guano in caves of temperate Europe.
Mycological Progress. Roč. 9, č. 2 (2010), s. 253-260. ISSN 1617-416X. E-ISSN 1861-8952
Grant - others:GA ČR(CZ) GP206/08/P322
Program: GP
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60660521; CEZ:AV0Z50200510
Keywords : Chrysosporium chiropterorum * Histoplasma capsulatum * tuberculate conidia
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour
Impact factor: 1.266, year: 2010
A new species, Chrysosporium speluncarum, obtained from bat guano in caves in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Romania, is described, based on phenotype and rDNA sequences. It possesses tuberculate conidia similar to the Histoplasma anamorph of Ajellomyces capsulatus, but it is not dimorphic, does not grow at 37°C, lacks microconidia, and is nonpathogenic and nonkeratinolytic. All studied characteristics suggest a close relationship with Renispora flavissima. The morphologically similar C. chiropterorum, another species known from the bat environment, is a relative of C. lobatum, Polytolypa hystricis, but is distinct from A. capsulatus, C. speluncarum. The affinity for bats and the presence of conidia with prominent tuberculations has originated convergently in several groups of onygenalean fungi. In addition, the occurrence of fungi mimicking A. capsulatus in caves of temperate Europe is reviewed.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0187875
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