Taxonomic revision of <i>Bisifusarium</i> (<i>Nectriaceae</i>).

ABSTRACT: Species of Bisifusarium (previously the Fusarium dimerum species complex) have been associated with cheese fermentation and a wide range of opportunistic human infections, but they are generally regarded as saprotrophs. Bisifusarium spp. are also commonly isolated from soils and tissues of plants growing in arid climates. The genus is typically characterized by its distinct pionnotal growth in culture, and typically very short, 0-2(-3)-septate macroconidia, produced in sporodochia or on lateral phialidic hyphal pegs. Only 16 species of Bisifusarium have been described to date, and this study sought to re-evaluate these taxa by examining 116 Bisifusarium isolates from the culture collection of the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute in Utrecht, The Ne

SUBMITTER: Zhang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12308283 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature