Nannizziopsis arthrosporioides

Nannizziopsis arthrosporioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Onygenales
Family: Onygenaceae
Genus: Nannizziopsis
Species: N. arthrosporioides
Binomial name
Nannizziopsis arthrosporioides
Stchigel et al., 2013

Nannizziopsis arthrosporioides is a keratinophilic microfungus in the family Onygenaceae that causes skin infections in reptiles, producing hyaline, thin-walled, small, sessile conidia and colonies with a strong skunk-like odour. It is distinguished by the production of long arthroconidia.[1]

References

  1. Stchigel, A. M.; Sutton, D. A.; Cano-Lira, J. F.; Cabañes, F. J.; Abarca, L.; Tintelnot, K.; Wickes, B. L.; García, D.; Guarro, J. (2013). "Phylogeny of chrysosporia infecting reptiles: proposal of the new family Nannizziopsiaceae and five new species". Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. 31 (1): 86–100. doi:10.3767/003158513X669698. ISSN 0031-5850.

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