Sporothrix

Sporothrix
Conidiophores and conidia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Ophiostomatales
Family: Ophiostomataceae
Genus: Sporothrix
Hektoen & C.F.Perkins (1900)

Sporothrix is a ubiquitous genus of soil-dwelling fungus discovered by Schenck in 1898[1] and studied in more detail by Hektoen and Perkins.[2] The first described and best known species is Sporothrix schenckii, the causative agent of rose handler's disease.[3] New environmental[4] and pathogenic[5][6] species have been discovered with the potential for more to be found as molecular techniques advance.

References

  1. ↑ Schenck, B. R. (1898). On refractory subcutaneous abscesses caused by a fungus possibly related to the sporotricha. Johns Hopkins Press.
  2. ↑ Hektoen, L., & Perkins, C. F. (1900). Refractory subcutaneous abscesses caused by Sporothrix schenckii. A new pathogenic fungus. The Journal of experimental medicine, 5(1), 77-89.
  3. ↑ Mônica Bastos de Lima Barros, Rodrigo de Almeida Paes and Armando Oliveira Schubach (2011). "Sporothrix schenckii and Sporotrichosis". Clinical Microbiology Reviews 24(4):633. DOI: 10.1128/CMR.00007-11.
  4. ↑ de Meyer, E. M., et al. (2008). "Taxonomy and phylogeny of new wood- and soil-inhabiting Sporothrix species in the Ophiostoma stenoceras-Sporothrix schenckii complex." Mycologia 100(4): 647-661.
  5. ↑ Rita Marimon, Josep Cano, Josepa Gene, Deanna A. Sutton, Masako Kawasaki, and Josep Guarro (2007). Sporothrix brasiliensis, S. globosa, S. mexicana, Three New Sporothrix Species of Clinical Interest. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 45: 3198-3206. DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00808-07
  6. ↑ H. Madrid, J. Gené, J. Cano1, C. Silvera and J. Guarro (2010) Sporothrix brunneoviolacea and Sporothrix dimorphospora, two new members of the Ophiostoma stenoceras-Sporothrix schenckii complex. Mycologia 102: 1193-1203 DOI: 10.3852/09-320