Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Pb18 | Pab_c

[ Opisthokonta | Fungi | Dikarya | . . .
. . . | Onygenales incertae sedis | Paracoccidioides | Paracoccidioides brasiliensis ]

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Taxonomy: Eukaryota | Opisthokonta | Fungi | Dikarya | Ascomycota | saccharomyceta | Pezizomycotina | leotiomyceta | Eurotiomycetes | Eurotiomycetidae | Onygenales | Onygenales incertae sedis | Paracoccidioides | Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Synonym: Loboa loboi, Aleurisma brasiliensis (obsolete), Blastomyces brasiliensis (obsolete), Coccidioides brasiliensis (obsolete), Coccidioides histosporocellularis (obsolete), Lutziomyces histosporocellularis (obsolete), Monilia brasiliensis (obsolete), Mycoderma brasiliensis (obsolete), Mycoderma histosporocellularis (obsolete), Zymonema brasiliense (obsolete) Comment: Paracoccidioides brasiliensisis dimorphic and the causative agent for paracoccidioidomycosis, a chronic granulomatous disease of mucous membranes, skin, and pulmonary system. In contrast to the other yeasts, particularly Blastomyces, Paracoccidioides has multiple buds, a thin cell wall, and a narrow base. Go to NCBI Taxonomy (502780) Encyclopedia of life Wikipedia Projects: Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT: Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Database GenBank - NIH genetic sequence database: GenBank species TBLASTN National Center for Biotechnology Information: NCBI Fungi Genomes Project Publication: Desjardins CA, Champion MD, Holder JW et. al. (2011) Comparative genomic analysis of human fungal pathogens causing paracoccidioidomycosis. PLoS Genet 7, e1002345. 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002345