Emergomyces | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Onygenales |
Family: | Ajellomycetaceae |
Genus: | Emergomyces Dukik, Sigler & de Hoog (2017) |
Type species | |
Emergomyces pasteurianus (Drouhet, E. Guého & Gori) Dukik, Sigler & de Hoog (2017)
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Species | |
Emergomyces africanus Emergomyces canadensis Emergomyces crescens Emergomyces europaeus Emergomyces orientalis Emergomyces pasteurianus Emergomyces soli |
Emergomyces is a genus of fungi in the order Onygenales. Species are known human pathogens and show thermal dimorphism, converting from hyphal states under saprobic conditions to yeast-like states under pathogenic conditions. They are the causative agents of emergomycosis, a systemic mycosis in immunocompromised patients.[1][2] The name Emergomyces refers to these newly emerging mycoses, only encountered in the last few decades.[3]