mSphere (Oct 2020)
No to <italic toggle="yes">Neocosmospora</italic>: Phylogenomic and Practical Reasons for Continued Inclusion of the <named-content content-type="genus-species">Fusarium solani</named-content> Species Complex in the Genus <italic toggle="yes">Fusarium</italic>
- Kerry O’Donnell,
- Abdullah M. S. Al-Hatmi,
- Takayuki Aoki,
- Balázs Brankovics,
- José F. Cano-Lira,
- Jeffrey J. Coleman,
- G. Sybren de Hoog,
- Antonio Di Pietro,
- Rasmus J. N. Frandsen,
- David M. Geiser,
- Connie F. C. Gibas,
- Josep Guarro,
- Hye-Seon Kim,
- H. Corby Kistler,
- Imane Laraba,
- John F. Leslie,
- Manuel S. López-Berges,
- Erik Lysøe,
- Jacques F. Meis,
- Michel Monod,
- Robert H. Proctor,
- Martijn Rep,
- Carmen Ruiz-Roldán,
- Adnan Šišić,
- Jason E. Stajich,
- Emma T. Steenkamp,
- Brett A. Summerell,
- Theo A. J. van der Lee,
- Anne D. van Diepeningen,
- Paul E. Verweij,
- Cees Waalwijk,
- Todd J. Ward,
- Brian L. Wickes,
- Nathan P. Wiederhold,
- Michael J. Wingfield,
- Ning Zhang,
- Sean X. Zhang
Affiliations
- Kerry O’Donnell
- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology (MPM) Research Unit, ARS-USDA, Peoria, Illinois, USA
- Abdullah M. S. Al-Hatmi
- Ministry of Health, Directorate General of Health Services, Ibri, Oman
- Takayuki Aoki
- National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Genetic Resources Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Balázs Brankovics
- Wageningen Plant Research, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- José F. Cano-Lira
- Universitat Rovira i Virgili Medical School, Mycology Unit, Reus, Spain
- Jeffrey J. Coleman
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA
- G. Sybren de Hoog
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Antonio Di Pietro
- Departamento de Genetica, Universidad de Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
- Rasmus J. N. Frandsen
- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
- David M. Geiser
- Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
- Connie F. C. Gibas
- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Josep Guarro
- Unitat de Microbiologia, Departament de Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
- Hye-Seon Kim
- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology (MPM) Research Unit, ARS-USDA, Peoria, Illinois, USA
- H. Corby Kistler
- USDA ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Imane Laraba
- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology (MPM) Research Unit, ARS-USDA, Peoria, Illinois, USA
- John F. Leslie
- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
- Manuel S. López-Berges
- Departamento de Genetica, Universidad de Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
- Erik Lysøe
- Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Ås, Norway
- Jacques F. Meis
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Michel Monod
- Service de Dermatologie, Laboratoire de Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Robert H. Proctor
- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology (MPM) Research Unit, ARS-USDA, Peoria, Illinois, USA
- Martijn Rep
- Swammerdam Institute for Life Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Carmen Ruiz-Roldán
- Departamento de Genetica, Universidad de Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
- Adnan Šišić
- Department of Ecological Plant Protection, University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, Germany
- Jason E. Stajich
- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California–Riverside, Riverside, California, USA
- Emma T. Steenkamp
- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Brett A. Summerell
- Australian Institute of Botanical Science, Royal Botanic Garden and Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia
- Theo A. J. van der Lee
- Wageningen Plant Research, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Anne D. van Diepeningen
- Wageningen Plant Research, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Paul E. Verweij
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Cees Waalwijk
- Wageningen Plant Research, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Todd J. Ward
- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology (MPM) Research Unit, ARS-USDA, Peoria, Illinois, USA
- Brian L. Wickes
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Nathan P. Wiederhold
- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Michael J. Wingfield
- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Ning Zhang
- Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
- Sean X. Zhang
- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00810-20
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 5,
no. 5
Abstract
ABSTRACT This article is to alert medical mycologists and infectious disease specialists of recent name changes of medically important species of the filamentous mold Fusarium. Fusarium species can cause localized and life-threating infections in humans. Of the 70 Fusarium species that have been reported to cause infections, close to one-third are members of the Fusarium solani species complex (FSSC), and they collectively account for approximately two-thirds of all reported Fusarium infections. Many of these species were recently given scientific names for the first time by a research group in the Netherlands, but they were misplaced in the genus Neocosmospora. In this paper, we present genetic arguments that strongly support inclusion of the FSSC in Fusarium. There are potentially serious consequences associated with using the name Neocosmospora for Fusarium species because clinicians need to be aware that fusaria are broadly resistant to the spectrum of antifungals that are currently available.
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