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| Phialophora |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Fungi
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| Class: |
Euascomycetes
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| Order: |
Chaetothyriales
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| Family: |
Herpotrichiellaceae
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| Genus: |
Phialophora
Medlar, 1915 |
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| Species |
- P. americana
- P. bubakii
- P. europaea
- P. parasitica
- P. reptans
- P. repens
- P. richardsiae
- P. verrucosa
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Phialophora is a form genus of fungus with short conidiophores, sometimes reduced to phialides; their conidia are unicellular. They may be parasites, or saprophitic.[1]
Genetic analysis of Phialophora shows that it is a paraphyletic grouping.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Barnett, H.L.; Hunter, B.B. (1972). Illustrated genera of imperfect fungi. Burgess Publishing company, Minneapolis MN. ISBN 8087-0266-1.
- ^ Abliz, P.; Fukushima, K.; Takizawa, K.; Nishimura, K. (2004). "Identification of pathogenic dematiaceous fungi and related taxa based on large subunit ribosomal DNA D1/D2 domain sequence analysis.". FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology 40 (1): 41–49. doi:10.1016/S0928-8244(03)00275-X.
