Biology:Arachnomyces bostrychodes
| Arachnomyces bostrychodes | |
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| A. bostrychodes colony | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Arachnomycetales |
| Family: | Arachnomycetaceae |
| Genus: | Arachnomyces |
| Species: | A. bostrychodes
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| Binomial name | |
| Arachnomyces bostrychodes Rodr.-Andr., Cano & Stchigel 2021[1]
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Arachnomyces bostrychodes is a species of infectious ascomycete fungus discovered in 2021 from clinical specimens of fungal strains in Texas , United States.[1][2]
Etymology
The specific epithet comes from the Greek βοστρυχος-, meaning curl, referencing the curly appearance of the reproductive hyphae.[1]
Morphology and asexual reproduction
A. bostrychodes grows septate, hyaline, branched, vegetative hyphae with smooth and thin walls, between 1 and 2 μm wide. The fertile hyphae are well-differentiated, arising as lateral branches from the vegetative hyphae, successively branching to form dense, tightly curled, sinuous clusters that are also between 1 and 2 μm wide, forming random arthroconidia both intercalary and terminally.[1]
The conidia measure 4–8 x 1–2 μm, are mostly curved and truncated at one or more commonly both ends; they are enteroarthric, hyaline, one-celled, smooth-walled, cylindrical, barrel-shaped; they are finger-shaped when terminal. The conidia are separated from the fertile hyphae by rhexolysis. There have been no observations of chlamydospores, racquet-shaped hyphae, setae, or sexual reproduction.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "A revision of malbranchea-like fungi from clinical specimens in the United States of America reveals unexpected novelty". IMA Fungus 12 (1): 25. 7 September 2021. doi:10.1186/s43008-021-00075-x. ISSN 2210-6359. PMID 34493345.
- ↑ "Arachnomyces bostrychodes". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=2609445. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
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