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Sporothrix

A mitosporic Ophiostomataceae fungal genus, whose species Sporothrix schenckii is a well-known animal pathogen. The conidia of this soil fungus may be inhaled causing a primary lung infection, or may infect independently via skin punctures.
(Source: National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification)

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Figure 1. Sporothrix schenckii.

Figure 2. <i>Sporothrix schenckii </i> colonies on culture plate.

Figure 2. Sporothrix schenckii colonies on culture plate.

Notes

For Figures 1 and 2, please refer to the Welcome and Contributing Authors page for the list of IDSA 2003 Contributors. Copyright 41st Annual Meeting of Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), 2003. Used with permission.

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References

National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification

National Library of Medicine MeSH Classification

Eukaryota

Fungi

Mitosporic Fungi

Acremonium

Alternaria

Aspergillus

Beauveria

Blastomyces

Botrytis

Brettanomyces

Candida

Chrysosporium

Cladosporium

Coccidioides

Colletotrichum

Cryptococcus

Duddingtonia

Epidermophyton

Exophiala

Fusarium

Geotrichum

Gliocladium

Helminthosporium

Histoplasma

Kloeckera

Lacazia

Madurella

Malassezia

Metarhizium

Microsporum

Neotyphodium

Paecilomyces

Paracoccidioides

Penicillium

Phialophora

Pyricularia grisea

Rhizoctonia

Rhodotorula

Scedosporium

Scopulariopsis

Sporothrix

Stachybotrys

Trichoderma

Trichophyton

Trichosporon

Verticillium