A human isolate of Exophiala (Wangiella) dermatitidis forming a catenate synanamorph that links the genera Exophiala and Cladophialophora.
A strain of the black yeast Exophiala dermatitidis displayed a hydrophobic synanamorph consisting of acropetal chains of lemon-shaped conidia, morphologically similar to those of Cladophialophora bantiana. The occurrence of the two conidial types in a single strain suggests a taxonomic affinity between Exophiala and Cladophialophora and provides support to the supposition that Cladophialophora, a possible anamorph genus of Herpotrichiellaceae, is related to black yeasts rather than to Cladosporium, which has teleomorphs in the Mycosphaerellaceae.
de Hoog
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Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial Toxicoses, Chiba University, Japan.
Takeo
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Göttlich
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Nishimura
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Miyaji
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D005093:Exophiala / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans