Fungalpedia – Note 1171, Madurella

 

Madurella Brumpt

Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Incertae sedis, Sordariales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Madurella was introduced by Brumpt (1905) to accommodate the species Streptothrix mycetomatis. Madurella species are the causative agents of mycetoma of human’s worldwide (Findlay et al. 1979, Mukerji & Manoharachary 2010, de Hoog et al. 2012, Bolis et al. 2018, Norina et al. 2018, Mekoguem et al. 2019). The genus is characterised by asexual morphs with slow growing, white to brown colonies, hyphae producing chlamydospores, and conidiophores and conidia have not been observed (Seifert et al. 2011).

Type species: Madurella mycetomatis (Laveran) Brumpt.

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Madurella.

 

References

Brumpt E. 1905 – Sur le mycétome à grains noirs, maladie produite par une Mucédinée du genre Madurella n. g. Comptes Rendus des Scéances de la Société de Biologie et de ses Filiales 58, 997–999.

Bolis S, Osman W, Abdelmagid M, Ahmed E et al. 2018 – Immunoinformatics Prediction of Epitope Based Peptide Vaccine Against Madurella mycetomatis Translationally Controlled Tumor Protein. BioRxiv.

de Hoog GS, van Diepeningen AD, Mahgoub E, van de Sande WWJ. 2012 – New Species of Madurella, Causative Agents of Black-Grain Mycetoma. American Society for Microbiology Journals 50, 988–994.

Findlay GH, Vismer HF, Kiebenberg NW. 1979 – Black grain mycetoma: the ultrastructure of Madurella mycetomi. Mycopathologia 67, 51–54.

Mekoguem C, Triboulet C, Alexandre G. 2019 – Madurella mycetomatis infection of the buttock in an Eritrean refugee in Switzerland: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports 13, 32.

Mukerji KG, Manoharachary C. 2010 – Taxonomy and ecology of Indian fungi. I.K. International Pvt Ltd. New Delhi. India 293.

Norina L, Aida M, Zaidin A, Syed Abdullah SAK et al. 2018 – First report of Madurella mycetomi isolate that induced systemic pulmonary and myocardium mycosis with verminious enteritis in Dugong dugon, of Mersing, Johore. Malaysian Journal of Veterinary Research 9, 30–39.

 

Entry by

Kevin David Hyde, Institute of Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, P.R. China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Mushroom Research Foundation, 128 M.3 Ban Pa Deng T. Pa Pae, A. Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai 50150, Thailand, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China

 

Published online 28 February 2020

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