| first case of disseminated phaeohyphomycosis in an immunocompetent individual due to alternaria malorum. | a 27-year-old iranian, previously healthy male presented with sub-cutaneous necrotic lesions with a localized dermatosis affecting the anterior chest, neck and face. these lesions consisted of singular, well-defined verrucous plaques which gradually developed and disseminated over time. the dermatosis was followed by the development of necrotic swollen lesions localized on the hard palate. the patient did not recall any history of trauma or puncture at any of the sites of infection. while histop ... | 2013 | 22871097 |
| alternaria redefined. | alternaria is a ubiquitous fungal genus that includes saprobic, endophytic and pathogenic species associated with a wide variety of substrates. in recent years, dna-based studies revealed multiple non-monophyletic genera within the alternaria complex, and alternaria species clades that do not always correlate to species-groups based on morphological characteristics. the alternaria complex currently comprises nine genera and eight alternaria sections. the aim of this study was to delineate phylog ... | 2013 | 24014900 |
| in vitro degradation of the moss hylocomium splendens by three pleosporalean fungi. | three darkly pigmented species of conidial fungi of the family pleosporaceae isolated from plants colonizing the saskatchewan glacier forefield were examined for potential roles in the degradation of moss gametophytes. curvularia inaequalis and ulocladium atrum isolated from bryophytes ditrichum flexicaule and tortella tortuosa , respectively, and chalastospora gossypii from saxifraga oppositifolia were inoculated onto autoclaved gametophytes of the moss hylocomium splendens. all three species o ... | 2011 | 21539496 |
| phylogeny and taxonomy of obscure genera of microfungi. | the recently generated molecular phylogeny for the kingdom fungi, on which a new classification scheme is based, still suffers from an under representation of numerous apparently asexual genera of microfungi. in an attempt to populate the fungal tree of life, fresh samples of 10 obscure genera of hyphomycetes were collected. these fungi were subsequently established in culture, and subjected to dna sequence analysis of the its and lsu nrrna genes to resolve species and generic questions related ... | 2009 | 20198145 |
| a polyphasic approach to the taxonomy of the alternaria infectoria species-group. | different taxa in the species-group of alternaria infectoria (teleomorph lewia spp.) are often isolated from various cereals including barley, maize and wheat grain, ornamental plants and skin lesions from animals and humans. in the present study we made a polyphasic characterization of 39 strains morphologically identifiable as belonging to the a. infectoria species-group together with 12 strains belonging to closely related species: alternaria malorum (syn. cladosporium malorum), chalastospora ... | 2009 | 19501664 |