| Paecilomyces | |
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| Scanning electron micrograph of Paecilomyces variotii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Eurotiales |
| Family: | Thermoascaceae |
| Genus: | Paecilomyces Bainier (1907) |
| Type species | |
| Paecilomyces variotii Bainier (1907)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Paecilomyces is a genus of fungi. A number of species in this genus are plant pathogens.
Several of the entomopathogenic species, such as "Paecilomyces fumosoroseus" have now been placed in the genus Isaria, in the order Hypocreales and family Cordycipitaceae.[2]
In 1974, R.A. Samson transferred the nematicidal species Paecilomyces lilacinus to this genus.[3] However, publications in the 2000s (decade) indicated that the genus Paecilomyces was not monophyletic,[4] and the new genus Purpureocillium was created to hold the taxon which includes P. lilacinum: with both parts of the name referring to the purple conidia produced by the fungus.[5]
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Samson RA. (1974). "Paecilomyces and some allied hyphomycetes". Studies in Mycology. 6. Baarn: Centralbureau voor Schimmelcultures: 58.
- ^ Inglis PW, Tigano MS (2006). "Identification and taxonomy of some entomopathogenic Paecilomyces spp. (Ascomycota) isolates using rDNA-ITS Sequences" (PDF). Genetics and Molecular Biology. 29 (1): 132–6. doi:10.1590/s1415-47572006000100025.
- ^ Luangsa-Ard J, Houbraken J, van Doorn T, Hong SB, Borman AM, Hywel-Jones NL, Samson RA (2011). "Purpureocillium, a new genus for the medically important Paecilomyces lilacinus". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 321 (2): 141–9. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02322.x. PMID 21631575.