Open AccessMorphologic and Phylogenetic Characterization of Conidiobolus lamprauges Recovered from Infected Sheep
Author(s) -
Raquel Vilela,
Silvana M. S. Silva,
Franklin Riet-Correa,
Eduardo Domı́nguez,
Leonel Mendoza
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01589-09
Subject(s) - biology , phylogenetic tree , entomophthorales , identification (biology) , fungal pathogen , pathogen , fungus , zoology , botany , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , gene
Conidiobolus lamprauges , a soil and plant entomophthoralean fungus, has been reported only in a horse and, more recently, in sheep with rhinopharyngeal entomophthoramycosis. Thus, little information is available to enable proper identification of this pathogen and its differentiation from other saprotrophic and pathogenicConidiobolus species. Using classical mycological tools and molecular methodologies, we report for the first time the taxonomic and phylogenetic description of threeC. lamprauges isolates recovered from sheep with rhinopharyngeal entomophthoramycosis. The distinctive clinical and pathological features ofC. lamprauges are compared with those of otherConidiobolus spp. affecting sheep, as well as with those of the stramenopilan ovine agentPythium insidiosum . The comparative morphological attributes ofConidiobolus spp. are also diagramed; along with the sequence data generated, they should assist laboratories in the identification of these uncommon species.