Moniliella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Subdivision: | Ustilaginomycotina |
Class: | Monilielliomycetes Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai & Boekhout |
Order: | Moniliellales Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai & Boekhout |
Family: | Moniliellaceae Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai & Boekhout |
Genus: | Moniliella Stolk & Dakin (1966) |
Type species | |
Moniliella acetoabutans Stolk & Dakin
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Synonyms | |
Trichosporonoides Haskins & J.F.T. Spencer (1967) |
Moniliella is a genus of fungi in the subdivision Ustilaginomycotina. It is in the monotypic family Moniliellaceae Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai & Boekhout, which is in the monotypic order Moniliellales Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai & Boekhout which is in the monotypic class Moniliellomycetes Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai & Boekhout.[1]
The family, order and class were originally labelled as incertae sedis.[2] Until 2014, when Moniliellaceae was formed.[3]
Some species of Moniliella can cause disease in humans,[4] and also in cats.[5] The genus includes the black, yeast-like fungi in the Basidiomycota, although the black, yeast-like fungi also include some species from the Ascomycota.[6]