First report of Penicillium costaricense Visagie, M. Urb & Seifert (Eurotiales, Ascomycota) in South America and a second report for the world

By

De Vasconcelos Sobral, Laureana
Lima, Diogo Xavier
Maria Da Silveira De Lima, Joenny
Barbosa, Renan Do Nascimento
Cruz, Roberta
Souza-Motta, Cristina Maria de

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-11-5

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

16

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

1457--1463

Subjects

airborne fungi , Eurotiomycetes , Fungal indoor , taxonomy.

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/16.5.1457

 

Abstract

Penicillium costaricense was isolated in air samples from a surgery center in a public hospital in Brazil. The only published data on the occurrence of this species is from caterpillar intestine of Rothschildia lebeau in Costa Rica. The isolate was identified by morphology together with the molecular markers β-tubulin and calmodulin. This report is a warning call to understand the pathogenicity of this species. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of P. costaricense in South American and the second in the world.