Ascomycota, Saccharomycotina, Saccharomycetales, Trichomonascaceae. Genus: BLASTOBOTRYS
Blastobotrys mokoenaii (Mokwena et al.) Kurtzman & Robnett
Latest update: 22 November 2024
Colony characteristics
Colonies (YPG, 30 days, 25◦C) raised, cream-coloured, butyrous, matted, smooth with some wrinkled areas; margin rhizoid and fringed.
Microscopy
Budding cells ovoidal, elongate or spherical, 4-9 × 3-4 µm, single, in pairs or in clusters, with multilateral budding. Pseudohyphae abundant; true hyphae occasionally present.
Pathogenicity
RG-1, BSL-1. Species originally isolated from soil. Shiomi et al. (2024) reported a fungemia in a patient with AML.
References
Nomenclature
Candida mokoenaii Mokwena, Jansen van Rensburg & Myburgh – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 77: 44, 2000 ≡ Blastobotrys mokoenaii (Mokwena, E. Jansen & Myburgh) Kurtzman & Robnett – FEMS Yeast Res. 7: 149, 2007; type strain: CBS 8435.
