Cladophialophora is a genus of fungi in the family Herpotrichiellaceae. It has 35 species. The genus contains black yeast-like fungi, some of which are species of important medical significance. Cladophialophora bantiana causes the rare brain disease cerebral phaeohyphomycosis. Cladophialophora carrionii is a common cause of chromoblastomycosis in semi-arid climates. Some of the species are endophytes–associating with plants. For example, Cladophialophora yegresii is a cactus endophyte, which is sometimes introduced into humans via cactus spines.
Taxonomy The genus was proposed in 1980 by Italian-born Venezuelan microbiologist and mycologist Dante Borelli. The type species was assigned to Cladophialophora ajelloi, which was isolated from a Ugandan case of chromomycosis.
Species Cladophialophora abundans Cladophialophora arxii Cladophialophora australiensis Cladophialophora bantiana Cladophialophora boppii Cladophialophora cabanerensis Cladophialophora carrionii Cladophialophora chaetospira Cladophialophora cladoniae Cladophialophora devriesii Cladophialophora emmonsii Cladophialophora eucalypti Cladophialophora exuberans Cladophialophora floridana Cladophialophora hawksworthii Cladophialophora hostae Cladophialophora humicola Cladophialophora immunda Cladophialophora matsushimae Cladophialophora megalosporae Cladophialophora minutissima Cladophialophora modesta Cladophialophora multiseptata Cladophialophora mycetomatis Cladophialophora normandinae Cladophialophora parmeliae Cladophialophora potulentorum Cladophialophora psammophila Cladophialophora pseudocarrionii Cladophialophora pucciniophila Cladophialophora samoensis Cladophialophora saturnica Cladophialophora scillae Cladophialophora subtilis Cladophialophora sylvestris Cladophialophora tortuosa Cladophialophora tumbae Cladophialophora tumulicola Cladophialophora yegresii
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