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Histoplasma
Sign in to saveHistoplasma is a genus of fungi in the order Onygenales. Species are known human pathogens producing yeast-like states under pathogenic conditions. They are the causative agents of histoplasmosis in humans and epizootic lymphangitis in horses.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassEurotiomycetes
- OrderOnygenales
- FamilyAjellomycetaceae
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Research
5,001 papers- Histoplasma Capsulatum: Mechanisms for Pathogenesis.Current topics in microbiology and immunology · 2019
- Infection of bats with Histoplasma species.Medical mycology · 2023
- Molecular regulation of Histoplasma dimorphism.Current opinion in microbiology · 2019
- Considerations about the Geographic Distribution of Histoplasma Species.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2022
- Histoplasma capsulatum pathogenesis: making a lifestyle switch.Current opinion in microbiology · 2008
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Histoplasma is a genus of fungi in the order Onygenales. Species are known human pathogens producing yeast-like states under pathogenic conditions. They are the causative agents of histoplasmosis in humans and epizootic lymphangitis in horses.
== Forms and stages == Histoplasma species have two forms: their environmental form is hyphal with microconidia and tuberculate macroconidia while their pathogenic form is a small intracellular yeast that exhibits narrow-necked budding and no capsule. Infection occurs through inhalation of microconidia or small mycelial fragments. The dimorphic mold-yeast transforms and enters host macrophages and proliferates within them. Infections are most often seen in immunodeficient individuals.