Arachnomyces bostrychodes | |
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A. bostrychodes colony | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Arachnomycetales |
Family: | Arachnomycetaceae |
Genus: | Arachnomyces |
Species: | A. bostrychodes
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Binomial name | |
Arachnomyces bostrychodes Rodr.-Andr., Cano & Stchigel 2021
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Arachnomyces bostrychodes is a species of infectious ascomycete fungus discovered in 2021 from clinical specimens of fungal strains in Texas, United States. [1] [2]
The specific epithet comes from the Greek βοστρυχος-, meaning curl, referencing the curly appearance of the reproductive hyphae. [1]
A. bostrychodes grows septate, hyaline, branched, vegetative hyphae with smooth and thin walls, between 1 and 2 μm wide. The fertile hyphae are well-differentiated, arising as lateral branches from the vegetative hyphae, successively branching to form dense, tightly curled, sinuous clusters that are also between 1 and 2 μm wide, forming random arthroconidia both intercalary and terminally. [1]
The conidia measure 4–8 x 1–2 μm, are mostly curved and truncated at one or more commonly both ends; they are enteroarthric, hyaline, one-celled, smooth-walled, cylindrical, barrel-shaped; they are finger-shaped when terminal. The conidia are separated from the fertile hyphae by rhexolysis. There have been no observations of chlamydospores, racquet-shaped hyphae, setae, or sexual reproduction. [1]
Arachnomyces bostrychodes | |
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A. bostrychodes colony | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Arachnomycetales |
Family: | Arachnomycetaceae |
Genus: | Arachnomyces |
Species: | A. bostrychodes
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Binomial name | |
Arachnomyces bostrychodes Rodr.-Andr., Cano & Stchigel 2021
[1]
|
Arachnomyces bostrychodes is a species of infectious ascomycete fungus discovered in 2021 from clinical specimens of fungal strains in Texas, United States. [1] [2]
The specific epithet comes from the Greek βοστρυχος-, meaning curl, referencing the curly appearance of the reproductive hyphae. [1]
A. bostrychodes grows septate, hyaline, branched, vegetative hyphae with smooth and thin walls, between 1 and 2 μm wide. The fertile hyphae are well-differentiated, arising as lateral branches from the vegetative hyphae, successively branching to form dense, tightly curled, sinuous clusters that are also between 1 and 2 μm wide, forming random arthroconidia both intercalary and terminally. [1]
The conidia measure 4–8 x 1–2 μm, are mostly curved and truncated at one or more commonly both ends; they are enteroarthric, hyaline, one-celled, smooth-walled, cylindrical, barrel-shaped; they are finger-shaped when terminal. The conidia are separated from the fertile hyphae by rhexolysis. There have been no observations of chlamydospores, racquet-shaped hyphae, setae, or sexual reproduction. [1]