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Comments
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Human pathogen. The ITS and beta-tubulin sequences of MYA-3630 are identical to those of Hamigera insecticola type strain NRRL 35386 (GenBank EF634410 and GU092773).
The species identity of this strain may need further investigation.
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Morphology
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Colonies growing rapidly, powdery to floccose, funiculose or tufted, yellow-brown or sand colour. Conidiophores with verticillately arranged branches, bearing phialides, up to 150 µm in length, 3.5-6.5 µm wide. Phialides cylindrical or ellipsoidal, tapering abruptly into a long, thin, cylindrical neck. Conidia subspherical, ellipsoidal to fusiform, hyaline to yellow, 3-5 x 2-4 µm, arising in long, divergent chains. Chlamydospores usually present.
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