Paracoccidioides

Paracoccidioides
Budding cells of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Onygenales
Family:	Ajellomycetaceae
Genus:	Paracoccidioides F.P. Almeida (1930)
Type species
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (Splend.) F.P. Almeida (1930)
Species
Paracoccidioides americana Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Paracoccidioides ceti Paracoccidioides lobogeorgii Paracoccidioides lutzii Paracoccidioides restrepoana (nom. inval.) Paracoccidioides venezuelensis (nom. inval.)

Paracoccidioides is a genus of fungi in the order Onygenales.[1] Species are known human pathogens producing yeast-like states under pathogenic conditions. They include the causative agents of paracoccidioidomycosis and lobomycosis.[2]

References

1. Jiang Y, Dukik K, Munoz JF, Sigler L, Schwartz IS, Govender NP, Kenyon C, Feng P, van den Ende BG, Stielow JB, Stchigel AM, Lu H, de Hoog S (2018). "Phylogeny, ecology and taxonomy of systemic pathogens and their relatives in Ajellomycetaceae (Onygenales): Blastomyces, Emergomyces, Emmonsia, Emmonsiellopsis". Fungal Diversity. 90: 245–291. doi:10.1007/s13225-018-0403-y. hdl:10067/1520590151162165141.
2. Vilela R, de Hoog S, Bensch K, Bagagli E, Mendoza L (2023). "A taxonomic review of the genus Paracoccidioides, with focus on the uncultivable species" (PDF). PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 17. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0011220.