Cladosporium species in indoor environments

K Bensch; J Z Groenewald; M Meijer; J Dijksterhuis; Ž Jurjević; B Andersen; J Houbraken; P W Crous; R A Samson

doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2018.03.002

Cladosporium species in indoor environments

Stud Mycol. 2018 Mar:89:177-301. doi: 10.1016/j.simyco.2018.03.002. Epub 2018 Mar 7.

Authors

K Bensch^{1

2}, J Z Groenewald¹, M Meijer¹, J Dijksterhuis¹, Ž Jurjević³, B Andersen⁴, J Houbraken¹, P W Crous^{1

5

6}, R A Samson¹

Affiliations

¹ Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
² Botanische Staatssammlung München, Menzinger Straße 67, D-80638, München, Germany.
³ EMSL Analytical, Inc., 200 Route 130 North, Cinnaminson, NJ, 08077, United States.
⁴ DTU Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads Building 221, DK-2800 Kgs., Lyngby, Denmark.
⁵ Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa.
⁶ Microbiology, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Abstract

As part of a worldwide survey of the indoor mycobiota about 520 new Cladosporium isolates from indoor environments mainly collected in China, Europe, New Zealand, North America and South Africa were investigated by using a polyphasic approach to determine their species identity. All Cladosporium species occurring in indoor environments are fully described and illustrated. Fourty-six Cladosporium species are treated of which 16 species are introduced as new. A key for the most common Cladosporium species isolated from indoor environments is provided. Cladosporium halotolerans proved to be the most frequently isolated Cladosporium species indoors.

Keywords: 16 new taxa; C. coloradense Bensch & Samson; C. domesticum Bensch & Samson; C. europaeum Bensch & Samson; C. needhamense Bensch & Samson; C. neerlandicum Bensch & Samson; C. neolangeronii Bensch & Samson; C. parahalotolerans Bensch & Samson; C. parasubtilissimum Bensch & Samson; C. pulvericola Bensch & Samson; C. sinense Bensch & Samson; C. sloanii Bensch & Samson; C. uwebraunianum Bensch & Samson; C. vicinum Bensch & Samson; C. westerdijkiae Bensch & Samson; C. wyomingense Bensch & Samson; Cladosporium aerium Bensch & Samson; Indoor molds; New species; Phylogeny; Taxonomy.