title: The pathogenic potential of the Lichtheimia genus revisited: Lichtheimia brasiliensis is a novel, non-pathogenic species.
abstract: Lichtheimia brasiliensis was recently described as a novel species within the genus Lichtheimia, which comprises a total of six species. L. brasiliensis was first reported from soil in Brazil. The aim of the study was to determine the relative virulence potential of L. brasiliensis using an avian infection model based on chicken embryos.
authors.affiliation: Jena Microbial Resource Collection, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany; Faculty of Biology and Pharmacy, Institute of Microbiology, Department Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany; Microbial Immunology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Volker U
authors.initials: VU
authors.lastname: Schwartze
authors.forename: André Luiz C M de A
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Santiago
authors.forename: Ilse D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Voigt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002642:Chick Embryo; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D009090:Mucorales / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D037521:Virulence Factors
keywords: Infection model; Lichtheimia; avian infection model; pathogenesis; virulence; zygomycosis