title: Morphologic and phylogenetic characterization of Conidiobolus lamprauges recovered from infected sheep.
abstract: Conidiobolus lamprauges, a soil and plant entomophthoralean fungus, has been reported only in a horse and, more recently, in sheep with rhinopharyngeal entomophthoramycosis. Thus, little information is available to enable proper identification of this pathogen and its differentiation from other saprotrophic and pathogenic Conidiobolus species. Using classical mycological tools and molecular methodologies, we report for the first time the taxonomic and phylogenetic description of three C. lamprauges isolates recovered from sheep with rhinopharyngeal entomophthoramycosis. The distinctive clinical and pathological features of C. lamprauges are compared with those of other Conidiobolus spp. affecting sheep, as well as with those of the stramenopilan ovine agent Pythium insidiosum. The comparative morphological attributes of Conidiobolus spp. are also diagramed; along with the sequence data generated, they should assist laboratories in the identification of these uncommon species.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics Program, Michigan State University, 322 North Kedzie Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824-1031, USA.
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vilela
authors.forename: Silvana M S
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Franklin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Riet-Correa
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dominguez
authors.forename: Leonel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mendoza
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D020092:Conidiobolus / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D008853:Microscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D020096:Zygomycosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S