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New Species Spiromastigoides albida from a Lung Biopsy

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The new species Spiromastigoides albida (Onygenales, Eurotiomycetes, Ascomycota), from a lung biopsy in USA, is proposed and described based on morphological data and the analysis of rRNA, and fragments of actin and ß-tubulin gene sequences. This species is characterized by white colonies and a malbranchea-like asexual morph with profusely branching curved conidiophores forming sporodochia-like structures. Moreover, new combinations for Gymnoascus alatosporus, and for some new species recently described under the generic name Spiromastix, are provided.

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This study was supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, grant CGL2013-43789-P. The authors are indebted to Drs. Dolores Deregibus (Instituto Antártico Argentino, Argentina), Thomas Mumford (University of Washington, USA) and Michael Wynne (University of Michigan, USA) to their contribution clarifying some aspects on taxonomy and nomenclature of algae.

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  1. Mycology Unit, University Rovira i Virgili and IISPV, C/Sant Llorenç 21, 43201, Reus, Spain

    Alberto M. Stchigel, José F. Cano-Lira & Josep Guarro

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA

    Deanna A. Sutton & Nathan Wiederhold

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Stchigel, A.M., Sutton, D.A., Cano-Lira, J.F. et al. New Species Spiromastigoides albida from a Lung Biopsy. Mycopathologia 182, 967–978 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-017-0179-8

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