Fusarium lactis

Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina, Hypocreales, Nectriaceae. Genus: FUSARIUM

Fusarium lactis Pirotta
member of F. fujikuroi complex

Colony characteristics

Microscopy

Pathogenicity

RG-1, BSL-1. Known as a plant pathogen on sweet pepper in greenhouses (Yang et al., 2009). A disseminated infection in a leukemic patient was described by Winston et al. (2023). Taga et al. (2023) described an onychomycosis.

Species complex

Clinically relevant members of the F. fujikuroi complex are: F. acutatumF. andiyaziF. anthophilum, F. lactis, F. mundagurraF. musaeF. napiformeF. nygamaiF. proliferatumF. ramigerumF. sacchari, F. subglutinansF. verticillioides and F. volatile

References

Yang et al. (2009).

Nomenclature

Fusarium lactis Pirotta – Arch. Labor. Bot. Critt. Univ. Pavia 2-3: 316, 1879 ≡ Fusarium moniliforme Sheldon var. lactis (Pirotta & Riboni) Bilaĭ – Mikrobiol. Zhurnal (Kiev) 49 (6): 7, 1987; type strain: CBS 411.97 = BBA 68590 = DAOM 225145 = IMI 375351 = NRRL 25200.