Paracoccidioides species have always been surrounded by taxonomic uncertainties. The
continuing nomenclatoral muddle was caused in part by the failure of Adolfo Lutz and Jorge …

The spectrum of mycotic disease continues to expand well beyond the familiar entities of
candidiasis and aspergillosis (73, 99). The field of medical mycology has become a …

The order Onygenales is classified in the class Eurotiomycetes of the subphylum
Pezizomycotina. Families in this order have classically been isolated from soil and dung …

The new genus Lacazia P. Taborda, V. Taborda, et McGinnis is proposed to accommodate
Lacazia loboi (OM Fonseca et Lacaz) P. Taborda, V. Taborda, et McGinnis, the obligate …

Melanins are implicated in the pathogenesis of several human diseases, including some
microbial infections. In this study, we analyzed whether the conidia and the yeasts of the …

The fungal pathogen Paracoccidioides brasiliensis produces a melanin-like pigment in the
presence of l-DOPA in vitro. We investigated whether melanization affected yeast uptake by …

Lacazia loboi is the last of the classical fungal pathogens to remain a taxonomic enigma,
primarily because it has resisted cultivation and only causes cutaneous and subcutaneous …

Lobomycosis is a subcutaneous mycosis of chronic evolution caused by the Lacazia loboi
fungus. Its distribution is almost exclusive in the Americas, and it has a particularly high …

Melanin is a complex polymer widely distributed in nature and has been described as an
important virulence factor in pathogenic fungi. In the majority of fungi, the mechanism of …

Infections caused by the fungal pathogen Lacazia loboi were first reported in 1931 by Jorge
de Oliveira Lobo in a human with granulomatous skin lesions in Pernambuco, Brazil. Early …