Emergomyces
| Emergomyces | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Onygenales |
| Family: | Ajellomycetaceae |
| Genus: | Emergomyces Dukik, Sigler & de Hoog (2017) |
| Type species | |
| Emergomyces pasteurianus (Drouhet, E. Guého & Gori) Dukik, Sigler & de Hoog (2017) | |
| Species | |
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Emergomyces africanus Emergomyces canadensis Emergomyces crescens Emergomyces europaeus Emergomyces orientalis Emergomyces pasteurianus Emergomyces soli | |
Emergomyces is a genus of fungi in the order Onygenales. Species are known human pathogens and show thermal dimorphism, converting from hyphal states under saprobic conditions to yeast-like states under pathogenic conditions. They are the causative agents of emergomycosis, a systemic mycosis in immunocompromised patients. The name Emergomyces refers to these newly emerging mycoses, only encountered in the last few decades.