Cladophialophora is a genusoffungi in the family Herpotrichiellaceae. It has 35 species.[1] The genus contains black yeast-like fungi, some of which are species of important medical significance. Cladophialophora bantiana causes the rare brain disease cerebral phaeohyphomycosis.[2] Cladophialophora carrionii is a common cause of chromoblastomycosisinsemi-arid climates.[3] Some of the species are endophytes–associating with plants. For example, Cladophialophora yegresii is a cactus endophyte, which is sometimes introduced into humans via cactus spines.[4]
Cladophialophora | |
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Cladophialophora carrionii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Chaetothyriales |
Family: | Herpotrichiellaceae |
Genus: | Cladophialophora Borelli (1980) |
Type species | |
Cladophialophora ajelloi Borelli (1980) |
The genus was proposed in 1980 by Italian-born Venezuelan microbiologist and mycologist Dante Borelli. The type species was assigned to Cladophialophora ajelloi, which was isolated from a Ugandan case of chromomycosis.[5]
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