Fonsecaea compacta

Fonsecaea compacta
Microscope image of Fonsecaea compacta at 1000X magnification
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Chaetothyriales
Family: Herpotrichiellaceae
Genus: Fonsecaea
Species:
F. compacta
Binomial name
Fonsecaea compacta
(Carrion) Carrion (1940)
Synonyms
  • Hormodendrum compactum Carrion (1935)
  • Phialoconidiophora compacta Carrion (1936)
  • Fonsecaea compactum (Carrion) Carrion (1940)
  • Phialophora compacta (Carrion) Redaelli & Cif. (1942)
  • Rhinocladiella compacta (Carrion) Schol-Schwarz (1968)
  • Rhinocladiella compacta Carrion ex de Hoog (1977)
  • Hormodendrum pedrosoi Brumpt (1922)
  • Hormodendrum algeriense Montpell (1927)
  • Hormodendrum rossicum Jacz. & Merlin (1929)
  • Phialoconidiophora guggenheimia M. Moore & F. P. Almeida (1936)
  • Fonsecaea pedrosoi var. communis Carrion (1940)

Fonsecaea compacta is a saprophytic fungal species found in the family Herpotrichiellaceae. It is a rare etiological agent of chromoblastomycosis, with low rates of correspondence observed from reports. The main active components of F. compacta are glycolipids, yet very little is known about its composition. F. compacta is widely regarded as a dysplastic variety of Fonsecaea pedrosoi, its morphological precursor. The genus Fonsecaea presently contains two species, F. pedrosoi and F. compacta. Over 100 strains of F. pedrosoi have been isolated but only two of F. compacta.

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