Hortaea werneckii
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| Hortaea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Subdivision: | Pezizomycotina |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Subclass: | Dothideomycetidae |
| Order: | Dothideales |
| Family: | Dothioraceae |
| Genus: | Hortaea |
| Species: | werneckii |
Hortaea werneckii is a Hortaea species.[1] It is a black yeast which is investigated for its remarkable halotolerance.[2][3]
It causes Tinea nigra.[4] This skin infection causes non-scaly, smooth, brown-black painless spots on the palms of hands and soles of feet. Young cells appear brown because of melanin production in the cell wall.
References [edit]
- ^ http://www.doctorfungus.org/thefungi/hortaea.htm
- ^ Gunde-Cimerman N, Ramos J, Plemenitas A (2009). Halotolerant and halophilic fungi. Mycological Research 113: 1231-41. PMID: 19747974
- ^ Kogej T, Stein M, Volkmann M, Gorbushina AA, Galinski EA, Gunde-Cimerman N (2007). Osmotic adaptation of the halophilic fungus Hortaea werneckii: role of osmolytes and melanization. Microbiology 153: 4261-73. PMID: 18048939
- ^ Reid BJ (July 1998). "Exophiala werneckii causing tinea nigra in Scotland". Br. J. Dermatol. 139 (1): 157–8. PMID 9764175.
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