An overview of reptile fungal pathogens in the genera Nannizziopsis, Paranannizziopsis, and Ophidiomyces…

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“Two recent molecular analyses of morphologically similar fungal isolates formerly grouped under the appellation "Chrysosporium anamorph of Nannizziopsis vriesii (CANV) complex" led to major taxonomic revisions and revealed new insights into the biology of these reptile pathogens.”…
https://library.wcs.org/doi/ctl/view/mid/33065/pubid/PUB22815.aspx

Likely I’ve posted some of the following sites before…but they still might be of interest to some of you…
The first paper out that I know of…
https://www.uamh.ca/Research/_/medi...NV_mycoses_in_chameleons_JZooWildMedJSTOR.pdf


Dermatomycosis Caused by Paranannizziopsis australasiensis in
Nonnative Panther Chameleons (Furcifer pardalis) Captured in Central
Florida, USA…
“It is thus unclear
whether the population arose from captive
individuals that escaped or were released, or
was seeded from existing established popula-
tions elsewhere”…
https://www.researchgate.net/public...ifer_pardalis_Captured_in_Central_Florida_USA

Cutaneous Fungal Microflora of Healthy Squamate Reptiles and Prevalence of the Chrysosporium Anamorph of Nannizziopsis vriesii..
“Nannizziopsis vriesii, increasingly incriminated in fungal disease in reptiles, does not appear to be a common constituent of the microflora of healthy reptiles.”…
https://www.vin.com/apputil/project/defaultadv1.aspx?pid=26435&catid=&id=10111010&meta=&authorid=

Molecular Characterization of Reptile Pathogens Currently Known as Members of the Chrysosporium Anamorph of Nannizziopsis vriesiiComplex and Relationship with Some Human-Associated Isolates…​

“Forty-nine CANV isolates from reptiles and six isolates from human sources were compared with N. vriesii based on their cultural characteristics and DNA sequence data. Analyses of the sequences of the internal transcribed spacer and small subunit of the nuclear ribosomal gene revealed that the reptile pathogens and human isolates belong in well-supported clades corresponding to three lineages that are distinct from all other taxa within the family Onygenaceae of the order Onygenales”…
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jcm.01465-13

 

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Other sites that might be of interest…

Disseminated Mycosis in Veiled Chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus) Caused by Chamaeleomyces granulomatis, a New Fungus Related to Paecilomyces viridis…​

“An outbreak of disseminated granulomatous disease occurred in a group of veiled chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus) in a zoo collection.”…
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jcm.01079-10

A Review of the Novel Reptile Fungal Pathogens for the Zoo Practitioner..
“Our understanding of fungal diseases in reptiles has evolved significantly over the last 20 years. Mycoses have risen to occupy the top of the list of differential diagnoses for reptiles with cutaneous lesions. Molecular studies of fungi that were once lumped in the Chrysosporium anamorph of Nannizziopsis vriesii (CANV) complex resulted in the reassignment of isolates to novel Nannizziopsis species, and to two novel genera: Paranannizziopsis and Ophidiomyces.”…
https://www.vin.com/apputil/project...3012&catid=&id=8921899&meta=generic&authorid=

Onygenalean Dermatomycoses (Formerly Yellow Fungus Disease, Snake Fungal Disease) in Reptiles..​

“The actual fungus is white in culture, not yellow.”…​

https://meridian.allenpress.com/jhm...ormerly-Yellow-Fungus?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Acremonium exuviarum sp. nov., a lizard-associated fungus with affinity to Emericellopsis…
“The objective of the survey was to exam- ine freshly shed exuviae from 127 healthy captive reptiles for the presence of the Chrysosporium Corda anamorph of Nannizziopsis vriesii (Apinis) Currah, recently identified as an agent of cutaneous mycosis in reptiles (Paré et al. 1997, Nichols et al. 1999, Thomas et al. 2002).”…
https://www.studiesinmycology.org/s...ed_fungus_with_affinity_to_Emericellopsis.pdf

Chrysosporium anamorph of Nannizziopsis vriesii: Nannizziopsis, Paranannizziopsis, and Ophiodiomyces ophidiicola (Under reclassification)…
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.eazwv.org...ook/aazv_2019/aazv_canv_ophidiomyces_2018.pdf

Pathogenicity of the Chrysosporium Anamorph of Nannizziopsis vriesii for veiled chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus)…
https://www.uamh.ca/Research/_/media/uamh/NotInUse/Unused4/2006_Pare_Pathogenicity_CANV_MM.pdf

 

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I need to take my time for this, but it looks interesting