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 –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
case of
chromomycosis.
Species
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Cladophialophora abundans
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Cladophialophora arxii
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Cladophialophora australiensis
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Cladophialophora bantiana
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Cladophialophora boppii
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Cladophialophora cabanerensis
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Cladophialophora carrionii
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Cladophialophora chaetospira
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Cladophialophora cladoniae
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Cladophialophora devriesii
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Cladophialophora emmonsii
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Cladophialophora eucalypti
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Cladophialophora exuberans
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Cladophialophora floridana
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Cladophialophora hawksworthii
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Cladophialophora hostae
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Cladophialophora humicola
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Cladophialophora immunda
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Cladophialophora matsushimae
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Cladophialophora megalosporae
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Cladophialophora minutissima
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Cladophialophora modesta
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Cladophialophora multiseptata
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Cladophialophora mycetomatis
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Cladophialophora normandinae
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Cladophialophora parmeliae
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Cladophialophora potulentorum
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Cladophialophora psammophila
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Cladophialophora pseudocarrionii
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Cladophialophora pucciniophila
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Cladophialophora samoensis
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Cladophialophora saturnica
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Cladophialophora scillae
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Cladophialophora subtilis
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Cladophialophora sylvestris
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Cladophialophora tortuosa
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Cladophialophora tumbae
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Cladophialophora tumulicola
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Cladophialophora yegresii