Draft Genome Sequence of Fonsecaea monophora Strain CBS 269.37, an Agent of Human Chromoblastomycosis

Amanda Bombassaro; Sybren de Hoog; Vinicius A Weiss; Emanuel M Souza; Aniele C R Leão; Flávia F Costa; Valter Baura; Michele Z Tadra-Sfeir; Eduardo Balsanelli; Leandro F Moreno; Roberto T Raittz; Maria Berenice R Steffens; Fabio O Pedrosa; Jiufeng Sun; Liyan Xi; Anamélia L Bocca; Maria S Felipe; Marcus Teixeira; Germana D Santos; Flávio Q Telles Filho; Conceição M P S Azevedo; Renata R Gomes; Vânia A Vicente

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00731-16

Draft Genome Sequence of Fonsecaea monophora Strain CBS 269.37, an Agent of Human Chromoblastomycosis

Genome Announc. 2016 Jul 28;4(4):e00731-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00731-16.

Authors

Amanda Bombassaro¹, Sybren de Hoog², Vinicius A Weiss³, Emanuel M Souza⁴, Aniele C R Leão³, Flávia F Costa⁵, Valter Baura⁴, Michele Z Tadra-Sfeir⁴, Eduardo Balsanelli⁴, Leandro F Moreno², Roberto T Raittz³, Maria Berenice R Steffens⁶, Fabio O Pedrosa⁴, Jiufeng Sun⁷, Liyan Xi⁸, Anamélia L Bocca⁹, Maria S Felipe¹⁰, Marcus Teixeira⁹, Germana D Santos¹, Flávio Q Telles Filho¹¹, Conceição M P S Azevedo¹², Renata R Gomes¹³, Vânia A Vicente¹⁴

Affiliations

¹ Microbiology, Parasitology and Pathology Post-Graduation Program, Department of Pathology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
² Microbiology, Parasitology and Pathology Post-Graduation Program, Department of Pathology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
³ Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Professional and Technological Education Sector, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
⁵ Engineering Bioprocess and Biotechnology Post-Graduation Program, Department of Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
⁶ Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Professional and Technological Education Sector, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
⁷ Guangdong Provincial Institute of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong, China.
⁸ Department of Dermatology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
⁹ University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil.
¹⁰ Catholic University of Brasilia UCB, Brasilia, Brazil.
¹¹ Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
¹² Health Science Post-Graduation Program, Department of Medicine, Federal University of Maranhão, Maranhão, Brazil.
¹³ Microbiology, Parasitology and Pathology Post-Graduation Program, Department of Pathology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil [email protected] [email protected].
¹⁴ Microbiology, Parasitology and Pathology Post-Graduation Program, Department of Pathology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil Engineering Bioprocess and Biotechnology Post-Graduation Program, Department of Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.

Abstract

The black yeast Fonsecaea monophora is one of the main etiologic agents of chromoblastomycosis in humans. Its pathogenicity profile is more invasive than that of related Fonsecaea species, causing brain infection in addition to (sub)cutaneous infections.