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Exserohilum
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Exserohilum

K.J.Leonard & Suggs (1974)
Type species
Exserohilum turcicum
(Pass.) K.J.Leonard & Suggs (1974)
Species

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Exserohilum is a genus of fungi in the family Pleosporaceae. The type species is Exserohilum turcicum. The genus contains several pathogens that cause the disease phaeohyphomycosis.

Morphology

Exserohilum is an asexual organism that reproduces through spores. These one-celled reproductive units are concave and can be seen in the suspensor. [1]

Taxonomy

Exserohilum was circumscribed by K. Leonard and Edna Suggs in 1974 to contain species formerly placed in Bipolaris with distinctly protruding hila.[2] The truncate hila or hilum, protrudes from its distinct conidia which are ellipsoidal and distoseptate (forming a layer). [3]

Habitat and distribution

Exserohilum has a cosmopolitan distribution, with its species found naturally in warm, tropical, and subtropical locations. They live on plant material like grasses, rotten wood and in the soil.[4]

Species

As of October 2015, Index Fungorum lists 26 valid species of Exserohilum:[5]

Clinical significance

Infection cases cased by exposure to Exserohilum are rare, but it's the most well studied detail of the fungi. The three species of Exserohilum that are identified as human pathogens are: Exserohilum Rostratum, Exserohilum longirostratum and Exserohilum mcginnisii. Prevailing infections include sinusitis, skin infection and in some rare cases, cerebral absecesses, keratitis, osteomyelitis, prothetic valve endocarditis, and disseminated infection.

References

  1. ^ "Fungal Diseases". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  2. ^ Leonard KJ, Suggs EG. (1974). "Setosphaeria prolata, the ascigerous state of Exserohilum prolatum". Mycologia. 66 (2): 281–297. JSTOR 3758363.
  3. ^ Liu, ed. by Dongyou (2011). Molecular detection of human fungal pathogens. Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press. pp. 83–91. ISBN 978-1-4398-1240-2. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ Therese KL, Madhavan HN. (2011). "Exserohilum". In Liu D. (ed.) (ed.). Molecular Detection of Human Fungal Pathogens. CRC Press. pp. 83–91. ISBN 978-1-4398-1240-2. {{cite book}}: |editor-last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ Kirk PM. "Species Fungorum (version 28th September 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  6. ^ Castañeda Ruiz RF, Guarro J, Cano J. (1995). "A new species of Exserohilum from Cuba". Mycological Research. 99 (7): 825–826. doi:10.1016/S0953-7562(09)80734-X.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Sivanesan A. (1984). "New species of Exserohilum". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 83 (2): 319–329.
  8. ^ Sivanesan A, Abdullah SK, Abbas BA. (1993). "Exserohilum curvisporum sp. nov., a new hyphomycetes from Iraq". Mycological Research. 97: 1486–1488. doi:10.1016/S0953-7562(09)80222-0.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Alcorn JL. (1983). "Generic concepts in Drechslera, Bipolaris and Exserohilum". Mycotaxon. 17: 1–88.
  10. ^ Sun G-Y, Zhang R, Zhou W, Zhu M-Q. (2005). "Exserohilum heteromorphum sp. nov., a new helminthosporioid fungus from Echinochloa in China". Mycotaxon. 92: 173–176.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ Steiman R, Guiraud P, Seigle-Murandi F, Sage L. (2000). "Exserohilum israeli, a new species isolated from soil from Timna Park (Israel), and its physiological properties". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 78 (2): 153–161. doi:10.1023/A:1026561631387. PMID 11204767.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Sun GY, Zhang R, Zhu MQ, Zhang TY. (1997). "A new species of Exserohilum from China". Mycological Research. 101 (7): 776–778. doi:10.1017/S0953756297003547.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ Padhye AA, Ajello L, Wieden MA, Steinbronn KK. (1986). "Phaeohyphomycosis of the nasal sinuses caused by a new species of Exserohilum". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 24 (2): 245–249. PMC 268883. PMID 3745422.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Open access icon
  14. ^ a b Sivanesan A. (1987). "Graminicolous species of Bipolaris, Curvularia, Drechslera, Exserohilum and their teleomorphs". Mycological Papers. 158: 1–261.
  15. ^ Alcorn JL. (1988). "A new species of Exserohilum". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 90: 146–148.
  16. ^ Sivanesan A. (1992). "New Bipolaris, Curvularia and Exserohilum species". Mycological Research. 96 (6): 485–489. doi:10.1016/S0953-7562(09)81095-2.

Exserohilum in Index Fungorum