Further studies on the phylogenesis of the genus Exophiala and Hortaea
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Abstract:
The conidial ontogenesis of the pathogenic black yeasts is studied at an ultrastructural level and their phylogenesis is discussed. Five cultures of Exophiala dermatitidis, four of E. jeanselmei, one of E. moniliae, one of E. spinifera and six of H. werneckii were observed using a scanning electron microscope. The conidial ontogenesis of the Exophiala species is not pleomorphic but only annellidic. There are definite differences in morphology of annellated tips among the Exophiala species. The ontogenesis of Hortaea werneckii consists of a combination of sympodial and annellidic conidiogenesis. Its sympodial anamorph is unique and the annellidic anamorph is considered to be a homology of the sympodial one.
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