Acremonium strictum
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Acremonium strictum
| Acremonium strictum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Subclass: | Hypocreomycetidae |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Acremonium |
| Species: | A. strictum |
| Binomial name | |
| Acremonium strictum W. Gams, (1971) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Cephalosporium acremonium Corda, (1839) |
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Acremonium strictum is a plant, animal, and human pathogen. The genus Acremonium contains around 100 species, most of which are saprophytic, being isolated from dead plant material and soil. Some species cause disease in man and animals, causing mycetoma, onychomycosis, and hyalohyphomycosis. Clinical manifestations of hyalohyphomycosis caused by Acremonium; include arthritis, osteomyelitis, peritonitis, endocarditis, pneumonia, cerebritis and soft tissue infection.
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