Mission Statement
The black yeast consortium focuses on the order Chaetothyriales, with a main research question being the origin of vertebrate pathogenicity.
Achievements of the working group in 2023
The black yeast order (Chaetothyriales) has long been neglected, but today receives global attention with the description of numerous new species on the one hand, and the recognition of a wide spectrum of diseases at the other. Numerous genomes have already been sequenced. Specialties of pathogenicity of black yeast-like fungi are being investigated, among which are the prevalence of infections in CARD9 patients and their relationship with chromoblastomycosis, and also the special behavior of black fungi infecting clearly circumscribed groups of cold-blooded animals.
Upcoming events planned for 2024-2025
Pre-ISHAM congress workshop 2025.
Publications arising from the Working Group
- Song Y, Liu X, Stielow B, Sybren de Hoog G*, Li R*. Post-translational changes in Phialophora verrucosa via lysine lactylation during prolonged presence in a patient with a CARD9-related immune disorder. Front. Immunol. 2022;13:966457.
- Coleine C, Kurbessoian T, Calia G, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Cestaro A, Pindo M, Isola D, Armanini F, Asnicar F, Segata N, Donati C, Stajich JE, de Hoog GS, Selbmann L (2024) Class-wide genomic tendencies throughout black extremophiles. Fung Div. doi.org/10.1007/s13225-024-00533-y.
- Cometto A, Leavitt SD, Grube M, de Hoog GS, Muggia L (2023). Tackling fungal diversity in lichen symbioses: molecular and morphological data recognize new lineages in Chaetothyriales (Eurotiomycetes, Ascomycota). Mycol. Prog 22: 53.
- Song Y, Menezes da Silva N, Vicente VA, Quan Y, Teixeira M, Gong J, de Hoog S*, Li R*. Comparative genomics of opportunistic Phialophora species involved in divergent disease types. Mycoses. 2021, 64(5):555-568.
- Song Y, Silva NM, Weiss VA, Vu Dong, Moreno LF, Vicente VA, Li Ruoyu*, de Hoog Sybren*. Comparative genomic analysis of capsule-producing black yeasts Exophiala dermatitidis and Exophiala spinifera, potential agents of disseminated mycoses. Front Microbiol, 2020. 8; 11: 586.
- Karakoyun AS, Ünal N, Metin B, Servi EY, Spruijtenburg B, Özarslan MA, Gümral R, Döğen A, Ilkit M, Kandemir H, Meis JF, Ergin C, de Hoog GS. (2023). Opportunistic pathogens on stored fruit: A One Health perspective. One Health Mycol. 1: 4-13 (2023). Doi.org/10.63049/OHM.23.11.2.
- Sobianski Herman T, Gomes RR, Queiroz Telles F, Pedroso CA, Bocca AL, Razzolini E, de Hoog GS, Vicente VA (2024). Identification of card9 mutation in patients with chromoblastomycosis and evaluation of the immunological response. One Health Mycol 1: 14-23
- Costa FF, Voidaleski MF, Candido GZ, Correa de Souza RS, Arruda P, Attili de Angelis D, Favoreto de Souza Lima BJ, Reis GF, Barbosa Soares JM, Schneider GX, Trindade ES, Bini IH, Moreno LF, Bombassaro A, Gomes RR, Queiroz-Telles F, Raittz RT, de Hoog GS, Vicente VA. (2023). Sugarcane as a rich source of herpotrichiellaceous black yeasts. IMA Fungus 14:20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43008-023-00124-7.
- Quan Y, Deng S, Prenafeta-Boldủ FX, Mayer V, Muggia L, Cometto A, Vicente VA, Menezes da Silva N, Grisolia ME, Song Y, Ahmed SA, Niu X, Jacomel Favoreto de Souza Lima B, Feng P, Vitale RG, Teixeira M, Sudhadham M, Pedrozo e Silva de Azevedo C, Bocca A, Haase G, Selbmann L, Shi D, Kang Y, de Hoog GS (2022). The origin of human pathogenicity and biological interactions in Chaetothyriales. Fung Div (publ March 2023).
- Song Y, Du M, Menezes da Silva N, Yang E, Vicente VA, Sybren de Hoog G*, Li R*. Comparative analysis of clinical and environmental strains of Exophiala spinifera by long-reads sequencing and RNAseq reveal adaptive strategies. Front Microbiol. 2020. 31; 11: 1880.
- Silva NMD, Reis GF, Costa FF, Grisolia ME, Geraldo MR, Lustosa BPR, Lima BJFS, Weiss VA, de Souza EM, Li R, Song Y, Nascimento MMF, Robl D, Gomes RR, de Hoog GS, Vicente VA. Genome sequencing of Cladophialophora exuberans, a novel candidate for bioremediation of hydrocarbon and heavy metal polluted habitats. Fungal Biol. 2023 May;127(5):1032-1042.
- Janse M, de Hoog GS, Klerks N, van Dijk MAM, IJzer J, Broens EM, Kik M, van der Lee H, Ahmed SA. 2024. Melanized fungi in bony fish species with Head and Lateral Line Erosion (HLLE) with a review of the literature on fungal fish diseases. One Health Mycology 1: 23-36. DOI: 10.63049/OHM.24.11.4.
- Voidaleski MF, Costa FF, de Hoog GS, Gomes RR, Vicente VA (2023). Metagenomics reveals an abundance of black yeast-like fungi in the skin microbiome. Mycoses 66(6): 488–496. https://doi.org/10.1111/myc.13574
Funding provided by ISHAM in the past 3 years
None.
