title: Sporothrix schenckii sensu stricto isolated from soil in an armadillo's burrow.
abstract: Sporotrichosis is a polymorphic disease of man and animals caused by traumatic implantation of propagules into the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Pathogenic species includes S. brasiliensis, S. schenckii, S. globosa and S. luriei. The disease is remarkable for its occurrence as sapronoses and/or zoonosis outbreaks in tropical and subtropical areas; although, the ecology of the clinical clade is still puzzling. Here, we describe an anamorphic Sporothrix strain isolated from soil in an armadillo's burrow, which was located in a hyper endemic area of Paracoccidioidomycosis in Brazil. This isolate was identified as S. schenckii sensu stricto (Clade IIa) based on morphological and physiological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses of calmodulin sequences. We then discuss the role of the nine-banded armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus as a natural carrier of Sporothrix propagules to better understand Sporothrix sources in nature and reveal essential aspects about the pathogen's eco-epidemiology.
authors.affiliation: Disciplina de Biologia Celular, Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, 04023-062, Brazil.
authors.forename: Anderson Messias
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bagagli
authors.forename: Zoilo Pires
authors.initials: ZP
authors.lastname: de Camargo
authors.forename: Sandra de Moraes Gimenes
authors.initials: Sde M
authors.lastname: Bosco
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001135:Armadillos / Q000382:microbiology*; D001938:Brazil; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013175:Sporothrix / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents