Ana L. Ríos-López, María Fernanda Garza-Velásquez, Gloria M. González, Miguel A. Becerril-García, Orlando Flores-Maldonado
{"title":"Prevalence, virulence factors and antifungal susceptibility of oral isolates of Candida albicans from patients with cystic fibrosis in Mexico","authors":"Ana L. Ríos-López, María Fernanda Garza-Velásquez, Gloria M. González, Miguel A. Becerril-García, Orlando Flores-Maldonado","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2024.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2024.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div><em>Candida</em> species are frequently isolated from the oral cavity of patients with cystic fibrosis. However, the information on the role of <em>Candida</em> in cystic fibrosis is scarce.</div></div><div><h3>Aims</h3><div>This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence, virulence profile and antifungal susceptibility of oral isolates of <em>Candida albicans</em> recovered from patients with cystic fibrosis.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Oropharyngeal swab samples were collected from sixty-five cystic fibrosis patients and sixty-five healthy individuals. <em>Candida</em> isolates were identified by MALDI-TOF VITEK-MS. Proteinase, phospholipase and esterase activity, biofilm production and level expression of <em>ALS</em>, <em>SAP</em> and <em>PLB</em> genes in <em>C. albicans</em> were evaluated. Minimal inhibitory concentration values were determined by means of an antifungal susceptibility test.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Oral <em>Candida</em> colonization in cystic fibrosis patients was 66.15%, while in healthy individuals was 36.92%. <em>C. albicans</em> was the most frequently isolated species. <em>C. albicans</em> strains from cystic fibrosis patients were high producers of protease and biofilm, and had higher expression levels of adhesin and protease-associated genes in comparison with healthy subjects. Among the <em>C. albicans</em> strains isolated from cystic fibrosis patients, 18.91% were resistant to itraconazole, while 16.21% exhibited resistance to ketoconazole and fluconazole, and only one strain was resistant to voriconazole.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>This work represents a surveillance study on virulence patterns and antifungal susceptibility of <em>Candida</em> from the oropharyngeal tract in cystic fibrosis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"41 2","pages":"Pages 31-36"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142792353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wenwen Yu , Hua Ye , Yunlei Li , Xiaoqiong Bao, Yangyang Ni, Xiangxiang Chen, Yangjie Sun, Ali Chen, Weilong Zhou, Jifa Li
{"title":"Pneumocystis carinii infection drives upregulation of Fn1 expression that causes pulmonary fibrosis with an inflammatory response","authors":"Wenwen Yu , Hua Ye , Yunlei Li , Xiaoqiong Bao, Yangyang Ni, Xiangxiang Chen, Yangjie Sun, Ali Chen, Weilong Zhou, Jifa Li","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2024.04.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2024.04.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div><em>Pneumocystis carinii</em> is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that may cause pneumonia and lead to pulmonary fibrosis.</div></div><div><h3>Aims</h3><div>This study attempted to investigate the role of <em>P. carinii</em> infection-related genes in regulating lung fibrosis in mice.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A screening of <em>P. carinii</em> infection-related differential mRNAs was performed using the GEO database, followed by protein–protein interaction (PPI) network construction using the STRING website in order to obtain <em>P. carinii</em> infection-related key genes. The development of a mouse model with gene aberrant expression was achieved by utilizing mice carrying the Cre-LoxP recombinase system. Dexamethasone was employed to induce tracheal infection in order to develop a model of pulmonary fibrosis, and the magnitude of lung injury was assessed by performing hematoxylin–eosin (H&E) staining and Masson staining. Lung coefficient and hydroxyproline level were assessed on sections of lung tissue as well. Finally, the magnitude of lung fibrosis and inflammation in mice was determined based on immunofluorescence and on the expression of genes associated with lung fibrosis and inflammation.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Fn1 was found by PPI with the highest connectivity in the PPI network associated with immunity and inflammation. Besides, Fn1 was significantly highly expressed in <em>P. carinii</em>-infected mice samples. The <em>P carinii</em> pneumonia (PCP)+Fn1<sup>fl/fl</sup> group had significantly higher lung coefficients, hydroxyproline levels and TNF-α, IL-6, IL-1β, IL-8 and NLRP3 expression levels, and significantly lower IL-10 expression levels. The results found in PCP+SPC-Cre:Fn1<sup>fl/fl</sup> group were the opposite. The results of the pulmonary fibrosis level study showed that the PCP+Fn1<sup>fl/fl</sup> group had the most intense H&E and Masson staining, and significantly higher expression levels of Col1A2, Col3A1 and α-SMA, which were lower in the PCP+SPC-Cre:Fn1<sup>fl/fl</sup> group.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div><em>P. carinii</em> infection may promote the upregulation of Fn1, which causes pulmonary fibrosis with an inflammatory response.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"41 1","pages":"Pages 17-26"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142352994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical response to prednisone in a severe case of infant-juvenile paracoccidioidomycosis","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2024.04.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2024.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Paracoccidioidomycosis is a neglected tropical disease caused by fungi of the genus <em>Paracoccidioides</em>. A wide range of symptoms is related to the disease; however, lungs and skin are the sites predominantly affected. The disease is mostly seen in people living in rural areas in Latin America.</div></div><div><h3>Case report</h3><div>We present a pediatric case of severe disseminated paracoccidioidomycosis that slowly responded to the antifungal treatment. Within three months, symptoms evolved into hepatosplenomegaly, necrotic cervical and abdominal lymph nodes, and splenic abscess. Clinical response to amphotericin B deoxycholate and itraconazole was slow, resulting in pleural and peritoneal cavity effusions, heart failure and shock. Amphotericin B deoxycholate was replaced by the liposomal formulation, with no response. Subsequently, prednisone was added to the treatment, which led to improvement in the clinical response. Serological <em>Paracoccidioides</em> antibody titers were atypical, with very low titers in the critical phase and significant increase during the convalescence phase. The infection was finally cleared up with amphotericin B deoxycholate, liposomal amphotericin B and the use of corticosteroids. Paracoccidioidomycosis serology was non-reactive two years post-discharge.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Due to the intense inflammatory response triggered by <em>Paracoccidioides</em> cells, giving low-dose prednisone for a short period of time modulated the inflammatory response and supported antifungal treatment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"41 1","pages":"Pages 27-30"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141427506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fungemia due to opportunistic fungi in patients with cancer","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2024.01.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2024.01.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Fungemia due to uncommon fungi and secondary to multiple risk factors has become an emergent health problem, particularly in oncology patients.</div></div><div><h3>Aims</h3><div>This study shows the following data collected during an 11-year period in a tertiary care oncologic center from patients with fungemia: demographic data, clinical characteristics, and outcome.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A retrospective study was performed at Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, a 135-bed referral cancer center in Mexico City, from July 2012 to June 2023. All episodes of non-<em>Candida</em> fungemia were included.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Sixteen cases with uncommon fungemia were found in the database, representing 0.3% from all the blood cultures positive during the study period, and 8.5% from all the fungi isolated. The most common pathogens identified in our series were <span><span>Histoplasma capsulatum</span></span>, <span><span>Acremonium</span></span> spp., <span><span>Trichosporon asahii</span></span>, and <span><span>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</span></span><span>. Eight patients had hematologic malignancies, and five had severe neutropenia. In eight cases fungemia was considered catheter-related, in four cases was classified as primary, and in the last four it was diagnosed as disseminated fungal diseases. Mortality at 30 days was 43.8%.</span></div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The improved diagnostic tools have led to a better diagnosis of uncommon fungal infections. More aggressive therapeutic approaches, particularly in patients with malignancies, would increase survival rates in these potentially fatal diseases.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"41 1","pages":"Pages 1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141498876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eduardo Álvarez Duarte , Nicolás Cepeda , Jean Miranda
{"title":"Azole resistance in a clinical isolate of Aspergillus fumigatus from Chile","authors":"Eduardo Álvarez Duarte , Nicolás Cepeda , Jean Miranda","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2024.04.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2024.04.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div><em>Aspergillus fumigatus</em> is a ubiquitous opportunistic pathogen. This fungus can acquire resistance to azole antifungals due to different mutations in the cyp51A gene. Azole resistance has been observed in several continents and appears to be a globally distributed phenomenon. Specific mutations in cyp51A that lead to azole resistance, such as the TR34/L98H modification, have been reported.</div></div><div><h3>Aims</h3><div>To evaluate the azole resistance in clinically isolated <em>A. fumigatus</em> strains.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>As a result of our passive surveillance strategy, a total of 23 <em>A. fumigatus</em> isolates from clinical origins were identified through a phylogenetic analysis using the ITS region and β-tubulin gene fragments, and typed with the CSP microsatellite. Azole susceptibility profiles were performed by disk diffusion and microdilution broth methodologies according to CLSI guidelines.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Here we describe, for the first time, the detection of azole-resistant <em>A. fumigatus</em> isolates from clinical origins in Chile with mutations in the cyp51A gene. In addition to the TR34/L98H mutation, one isolate exhibited an F46Y/M172V/E427K-type mutation. Furthermore, microsatellite typing based on cell surface protein (CSP) was performed, showing the t02 (TR34/L98H), t15 (F46Y/M172V/E427K) and t01 (susceptible clinical isolates) genotypes.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Our study demonstrates the presence of mutations related to azole resistance in <em>A. fumigatus</em> strains isolated from clinical samples in Chile. In order to obtain information that may help to tackle the spread of antifungal resistance among <em>A. fumigatus</em> populations, and to ensure the efficacy of future treatments against aspergillosis, a further research is necessary.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"41 1","pages":"Pages 7-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142294301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experimental study of specific and nonspecific blood culture bottles for the diagnosis of candidemia","authors":"Leandre Carmem Wilot , Vanice Rodrigues Poester , Cecília Bittencourt Severo , Karine Ortiz Sanchotene , Bruna Muradás Esperon , Mariana Rodrigues Trápaga , David A. Stevens , Melissa Orzechowski Xavier","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2024.06.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2024.06.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Early diagnosis of candidemia is critical for the correct management and treatment of patients.</div></div><div><h3>Aims</h3><div>To test the efficacy of different blood culture bottles in the growth of <em>Candida</em> strains.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We compared the performance of BD BACTEC™ Plus Aerobic/F (Aero) culture bottles with the specific BD BACTEC™ Mycosis IC/F Lytic (Myco) culture bottles using the BD BACTEC™ FX 40 automated blood culture system to determine the mean time-to-detection (TTD) in <em>Candida</em> species. One isolate each of six <em>Candida</em> species was inoculated into blood culture bottles (final concentration, 1–5<!--> <!-->CFU<!--> <!-->ml<sup>−1</sup>) and incubated at 37<!--> <!-->°C until automated growth detection.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div><em>Candida albicans</em> and <em>Nakaseomyces glabratus</em> (<em>Candida glabrata</em>) were detected earlier in the specific culture bottle, whereas <em>Candida tropicalis</em> was detected earlier in the nonspecific bottle; <em>Candida parapsilosis</em>, <em>Pichia kudriavzevii</em> (<em>Candida krusei</em>), and <em>Meyerozyma guilliermondii</em> (<em>Candida guilliermondii</em>) presented similar TTD in both bottles.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Our study suggests the suitability of using both bottles in clinical laboratories for a faster diagnosis and prompt starting of any treatment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"41 1","pages":"Pages 13-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142294302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Silvana Ramadán , Hernán Dalmaso , Alicia Luque , Maximiliano Sortino , María Luján Cuestas , Katherine Hermida Alava , Diego Bertola , Lucía Bulacio
{"title":"Scedosporium boydii finding in an immunocompromised patient and review of the literature","authors":"Silvana Ramadán , Hernán Dalmaso , Alicia Luque , Maximiliano Sortino , María Luján Cuestas , Katherine Hermida Alava , Diego Bertola , Lucía Bulacio","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2023.10.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2023.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Scedosporiasis is an emerging mycosis that has gained importance in recent years due to its worldwide prevalence. It is caused by species of the <span><span>Scedosporium apiospermum</span></span> complex. These species can cause opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients and, occasionally, in immunocompetent patients as well. The high intrinsic antifungal resistance make these infections difficult to manage.</div></div><div><h3>Aims</h3><div>The objective of this study was to interpret the mycological findings in a transplant patient, together with the images obtained in the radiological studies, in order to provide an early and effective antifungal therapy.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The mycological analysis of samples taken from a heart transplant patient with radiological images suggesting a fungal infection was performed. Computed tomography scan of the head and thorax showed space-occupying lesions in both the frontal lobe and cerebellum, and multiple pulmonary nodules. The nodules were punctured and the samples obtained were analyzed according to the procedures for mycological analysis. The identity of the isolates was confirmed by nucleotide sequencing. Eventually, the antifungal susceptibility was studied.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The fungal isolates obtained, whose identity was confirmed by sequencing, belonged to the species <span><span>Scedosporium boydii</span></span>. Injured tissues were surgically removed and a treatment with amphotericin B and voriconazole-minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) 0.5<!--> <!-->μg/mL and ≥0.5<!--> <!-->μg/mL respectively – was administered.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Although the patient died due to complications of a <span><span>Klebsiella pneumoniae</span></span><span> sepsis refractory to treatment, the progression of the fungal disease, although slow, was favourable in the early phases of the treatment due to a correct diagnosis and the antifungal susceptibility test carried out. Clinical cases of this nature highlight the need to increase the epidemiological study of these microorganisms, as well as the proper treatment of the diseases caused, in order to achieve early diagnoses that reduce the morbidity and mortality of patients.</span></div></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"40 4","pages":"Pages 39-44"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139703256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Iker Falces-Romero , Inmaculada Quiles-Melero , Julio García-Rodríguez
{"title":"Isolation of filamentous basidiomycetes from respiratory samples in a tertiary care Spanish hospital","authors":"Iker Falces-Romero , Inmaculada Quiles-Melero , Julio García-Rodríguez","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2023.11.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2023.11.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The clinical significance of the filamentous basidiomycetes isolated from clinical samples is not always clear. Thus, these fungi have been considered environmental contaminants traditionally.</div></div><div><h3>Aims</h3><div>To review those clinical cases in which filamentous basidiomycetes from respiratory samples had been isolated.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The retrospective study was carried out in a single tertiary care hospital. We recovered all culture-confirmed isolations of filamentous basidiomycetes from respiratory samples (bronchial aspirate [BAS], bronchoalveolar lavage [BAL] and sputum) analyzed between the years 2020 and 2023. Isolates were identified by ITS region sequencing.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>In six patients a filamentous basidiomycete had been isolated from a respiratory sample. The species identified were all different: <span><span>Fomitopsis</span></span> sp. (BAS), <span><span>Trametes</span><em> ljubarskyi</em></span> (BAL), <em>Stereum gausapatum</em> (BAS), <em>Porostereum spadiaceum</em> (BAS), <em>Phlebia subserialis</em> (sputum) and <span><em>Inonotus</em><em> levis</em></span> (BAL). All the patients were immunosuppressed or had an underlying disease with pulmonary involvement. None of them received any specific antifungal treatment (in relation with the fungus isolated) and all six improved clinically and were discharged.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The isolation of filamentous basidiomycetes in these patients had uncertain clinical significance. However, the isolation of any filamentous basidiomycete in respiratory samples from immunosuppressed patients or patients with chronic pulmonary disease is an emerging situation that should be carefully assessed in the context of chronic allergic episodes or suspicion of invasive fungal infections.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"40 4","pages":"Pages 51-53"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139703255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alberto M. Stchigel , José F. Cano-Lira , Ángel Pintos-Amengual
{"title":"A new endophytic species of Microthecium (Melanosporales, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota) from Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain)","authors":"Alberto M. Stchigel , José F. Cano-Lira , Ángel Pintos-Amengual","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2023.10.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2023.10.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The genus <em>Microthecium</em> contains 31 species worldwide distributed. Most of them are saprobic on soil and plant debris, but a few have been reported as mycoparasites on hypocrealean fungi. By contrast, this genus has never been reported as phytopathogenic, nor endophytic.</div></div><div><h3>Aims</h3><div>To isolate and identify endophytic fungi from Mediterranean herbaceous plants and trees in order to contribute to the knowledge of the hosts and their geographical location. The present work has been focused on the study of endophytic fungi of hawthorn (<em>Crataegus monogyna</em>).</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The following steps were taken: i, isolation of the fungal strain from living stems of <em>C. monogyna</em>; ii, cultural and micro-morphological study, and iii, sequence comparison of different genetic markers by BLAST search with sequences deposited in GenBank.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>At the present work we describe a new species of the genus, <em>Microthecium pleomorphosporum</em>, isolated from living stems of <em>C. monogyna</em> in Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain). This fungus is characterized by the production of non-ostiolate perithecia and two sorts of ascospores (some smooth-walled, others delicately reticulated) bearing a germ pore at each end which are frequently ornamented by a surrounding donut-like structures, and a phialidic asexual morph and bulbils. The morphologically closest related species is <em>Microthecium tenuissimum</em>, which has bigger ascospores and lacks asexual reproduction. Phylogenetically, <em>M pleomorphosporum</em> is close-related to other species of the genus, although no genetic marker that discriminates this new species from other phylogenetically closer ones could be elucidated as a gold standard.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div><em>M. pleomorphosporum</em>, order Melanosporales, is reported here as the first endophytic species of <em>C. monogyna</em>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"40 4","pages":"Pages 45-50"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139096740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The number of species that cause blastomycosis is increasing","authors":"F. Javier Cabañes","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2022.07.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2022.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"40 2","pages":"Pages 17-18"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1130140622000316/pdfft?md5=f9dd7e2eb663f818949f544a68ce52b2&pid=1-s2.0-S1130140622000316-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40453222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}