No to neocosmospora : phylogenomic and practical reasons for continued inclusion of the fusarium solani species complex in the genus fusarium
O’Donnell, Kerry; Al-Hatmi, Abdullah M.S.; Aoki, Takayuki; Brankovics, Balazs; Cano-Lira, Jose F.; Coleman, Jeffrey J.; De Hoog, G. Sybren; Di Pietro, Antonio; Frandsen, Rasmus J.N.; Geiser, David M.; Gibas, Connie F.C.; Guarro, Josep; Kim, Hye-Seon; Kistler, H. Corby; Laraba, Imane; Leslie, John F.; Lopez-Berges, Manuel S.; Lysoe, Erik; Meis, Jacques F.; Monod, Michel; Proctor, Robert H.; Rep, Martijn; Ruiz-Roldan, Carmen; Sisic, Adnan; Stajich, Jason E.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Summerell, Brett A.; Van der Lee, Theo A.J.; Van Diepeningen, Anne D.; Verweij, Paul E.; Waalwijk, Cees; Ward, Todd J.; Wickes, Brian L.; Wiederhold, Nathan P.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Zhang, Ning; Zhang, Sean X.
Date:
2020-09-16
Abstract:
This article is to alert medical mycologists and infectious disease specialists
of recent name changes of medically important species of the filamentous
mold Fusarium. Fusarium species can cause localized and life-threating infections in
humans. Of the 70 Fusarium species that have been reported to cause infections,
close to one-third are members of the Fusarium solani species complex (FSSC), and
they collectively account for approximately two-thirds of all reported Fusarium infections.
Many of these species were recently given scientific names for the first time by a research group in the Netherlands, but they were misplaced in the genus Neocosmospora.
In this paper, we present genetic arguments that strongly support inclusion
of the FSSC in Fusarium. There are potentially serious consequences associated
with using the name Neocosmospora for Fusarium species because clinicians need to
be aware that fusaria are broadly resistant to the spectrum of antifungals that are
currently available.
