Sporothrix schenckii sensu stricto Isolated from Soil in an Armadillo's Burrow

Autor(es)

Rodrigues, Anderson Messias ^[1] ; Bagagli, Eduardo ^[2] ; de Camargo, Zoilo Pires ^[1] ; Gimenes Bosco, Sandra de Moraes ^[2]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Microbiol Imunol & Parasitol, Disciplina Biol Celular, BR-04023062 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Univ Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Inst Biociencias Botucatu, Dept Microbiol & Imunol, BR-18618970 Botucatu, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Mycopathologia; v. 177, n. 3-4, p. 199-206, APR 2014.
• Citações Web of Science: 21

Resumo

Sporotrichosis is a polymorphic disease of man and animals caused by traumatic implantation of propagules into the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Pathogenic species includes S. brasiliensis, S. schenckii, S. globosa and S. luriei. The disease is remarkable for its occurrence as sapronoses and/or zoonosis outbreaks in tropical and subtropical areas; although, the ecology of the clinical clade is still puzzling. Here, we describe an anamorphic Sporothrix strain isolated from soil in an armadillo's burrow, which was located in a hyper endemic area of Paracoccidioidomycosis in Brazil. This isolate was identified as S. schenckii sensu stricto (Clade IIa) based on morphological and physiological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses of calmodulin sequences. We then discuss the role of the nine-banded armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus as a natural carrier of Sporothrix propagules to better understand Sporothrix sources in nature and reveal essential aspects about the pathogen's eco-epidemiology. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 98/03695-8 - Pesquisa do paracoccidioides brasiliensis e de outros fungos patogenicos dimorficos em animais silvestres.
• Beneficiário: Sandra de Moraes Gimenes Bosco
• Linha de fomento: Bolsas no Brasil - Mestrado
• Processo FAPESP: 11/07350-1 - Biologia do complexo Sporothrix schenckii: Análise de marcadores moleculares e proteômicos e o papel de moléculas antigênicas e antifúngicas na esporotricose
• Beneficiário: Anderson Messias Rodrigues
• Linha de fomento: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 09/54024-2 - Biologia molecular e proteômica de fungos de interesse médico: Paracoccidioides brasiliensis e Sporothrix schenckii
• Beneficiário: Zoilo Pires de Camargo
• Linha de fomento: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático