Basidiomycota, Agaricomycotina, Trichosporonales, Trichosporonaceae. Genus: APIOTRICHUM
Apiotrichum cacaoliposimile (J.J. Zhou et al.) Kachalkin et al.
Latest update: 18 July 2014
Colony characteristics
Colonies (YMA, 7 d, 25°C) cream-coloured, rough, folded and wrinkled.
Microscopy
Hyphae and pseudohyphae present; arthroconidia present. Budding cells subspherical, ellipsoidal or ovoidal, 10.0-12.5 × 5.0-7.5 µm, sometimes cylindrical up to 20 µm in length, often adhering in chains.
Pathogenicity
RG-1, BSL-1. Lipid-producing fungus. Noguchi et al. (2020) reported an onychomycosis.
References
Nomenclature
Trichosporon cacaoliposimile J.J. Zhou, S.O. Suh & Gujjari, in Gujjari, Suh, Coumes & Zhou – Mycologia 103: 1114, 2011 ≡ Apiotrichum cacaoliposimile (J.J. Zhou, S.O. Suh & Gujjari) Kachalkin, Yurkov & Boekhout, in Liu, Wang, Göker, Groenewald, Kachalkin, Lumbsch, Millanes, Wedin, Yurkov, Boekhout & Bai – Stud. Mycol. 81: 141, 2015; type strain = ATCC 20505.
