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Sporothrix
Sign in to saveSporothrix is a ubiquitous genus of soil-dwelling fungus discovered by Schenck in 1898, and studied in more detail by Hektoen and Perkins. The first described and best known species is Sporothrix schenckii, the causative agent of rose handler's disease. New environmental, and pathogenic, species have been discovered with the potential for more to be found as molecular techniques advance.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassSordariomycetes
- OrderOphiostomatales
- FamilyOphiostomataceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 24
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Ophiostomataceae
- Collections
- ILLS, WSP, UPS, MU, BPBM, O
- Recorded in
- United States, Sweden, Czech Republic, Poland
Research
2,304 papers- Guideline for the management of feline sporotrichosis caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis and literature revision.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2021
- Sporothrix and Sporotrichosis: A South African Perspective on a Growing Global Health Threat.Mycoses · 2024
- Antifungal resistance on Sporothrix species: an overview.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2021
- Sporothrix schenckii complex and sporotrichosis, an emerging health problem.Future microbiology · 2011
- Sporothrix meningitis.The Nurse practitioner · 1999
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ophiostomataceae
- Image
- Conidiophores and conidia of the fungus Sporothrix schenckii PHIL 4208 lores.jpg
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- taxon name
- Sporothrix
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Sporothrix
- taxonomic type
- Sporothrix schenckii
- Commons category
- Sporothrix
- taxon author citation
- Hektoen & C.F. Perkins
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Sporothrix is a ubiquitous genus of soil-dwelling fungus discovered by Schenck in 1898, and studied in more detail by Hektoen and Perkins. The first described and best known species is Sporothrix schenckii, the causative agent of rose handler's disease. New environmental, and pathogenic, species have been discovered with the potential for more to be found as molecular techniques advance.
Other species in this genus include Sporothrix brasiliensis and Sporothrix globosa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sporothrix” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.