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BioMed Central, BMC Genomics, 1(15), 2014
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Comparative genomics of the major fungal agents of human and animal Sporotrichosis: Sporothrix schenckii and Sporothrix brasiliensis
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Paula Kubitschek-Barreira,
Fernanda L. Alves,
Érika S. Kioshima,
Ana Kr Abadio,
Larissa Fernandes,
Lorena S. Derengowski,
Karen S. Ferreira,
Rangel C. Souza,
Jeronimo C. Ruiz,
Nathalia C. de Andrade,
Hugo C. Paes,
André M. Nicola,
Patrícia Albuquerque
and other authors.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: The fungal genus Sporothrix includes at least four human pathogenic species. One of these species, S. brasiliensis, is the causal agent of a major ongoing zoonotic outbreak of sporotrichosis in Brazil. Elsewhere, sapronoses are caused by S. schenckii and S. globosa. The major aims on this comparative genomic study are: 1) to explore the presence of virulence factors in S. schenckii and S. brasiliensis; 2) to compare S. brasiliensis, which is cat-transmitted and infects both humans and cats with S. schenckii, mainly a human pathogen; 3) to compare these two species to other human pathogens (Onygenales) with similar thermo-dimorphic behavior and to other plant-associated Sordariomycetes.