Table 1.
Strains used in this study
| Name | CBS no. | Status | Ortho-/para- | Other reference | Source | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exophiala dermatitidis | CBS 525.76 | T | +/+ | ATCC 34100; NIH 8656 | Human sputum | Japan |
| CBS 292.49 | +/- | DH 15696 | Faeces | U.S.A. | ||
| CBS 207.35 | T | +/+ | ATCC 28869; UAMH 3967 | Man, facial chromoblastomycosis | Japan; Osaka University | |
| Exophiala heteromorpha | CBS 232.33 | T | -/+ | MUCL 9894; NCMH 17 | Wood pulp | Sweden |
| Capronia mansonii | CBS 101.67 | T | +/- | ATCC 18659; IMI 134456 | Populus tremula | Sweden |
| Capronia munkii | CBS 615.96 | T | +/- | DH 16078 | Populus tremuloides, wood | Canada, Alberta; south of Hinton |
| Capronia epimyces | CBS 606.96 | +/+ | DH 16065 | Nectria, fruit bodies, on Pinus wood | Canada; Ontario | |
| Rhinocladiella mackenziei | CBS 650.93 | T | +/- | MUCL 40057 | Human, cerebral phaeohyphomycosis | Saudi Arabia |
| Capronia acutiseta | CBS 618.96 | T | -/+ | ATCC 56428;ATCC 76482 | Dacrydium cupressinum, wood | New Zealand; Saltwater State, Westland County |
| Capronia parasitica | CBS 123.88 | +/- | DH 15347 | Hypoxylon cohaerens var. microsporum, on Quercus sp. | France; Bois de Lourdes | |
| Rhinocladiella anceps | CBS 181.65 | NT | +/- | ATCC 18655; IMI 134453; MUCL 8233 | Soil under Thuja plicata | Canada, Ontario; Campbellville |
| Capronia villosa | CBS 616.96 | +/- | ATCC 56206 | Decorticated wood | New Zealand | |
| Fonsecaea monophora | CBS 269.37 | +/- | DH 12659 | Human, chromoblastomycosis | South America | |
| Phialophora verrucosa | CBS 286.47 | -/+ | ATCC 9541; MUCL 9768 | Mycetoma hand, human | Brazil | |
| Phialophora americana | CBS 840.69 | -/+ | MUCL 15537 | Decaying timber | Finland; Helsinki | |
| Cladophialophora carrionii | CBS 260.83 | -/+ | ATCC 44535 | Human, chromoblastomycosis | Venezuela, Falcon State, Uganda | |
| Cladophialophora boppii | CBS 126.86 | T | +/+ | DH 15357 | Human, skin lesion, on limb | Brazil |
| Exophiala castellanii | CBS 158.58 | NT | +/- | ATCC 18657; IFM 4702; MUCL 10097 | Human | Sri Lanka |
| Exophiala nigra | CBS 546.82 | +/- | DH 15993 | Soil under ice | Russia | |
| Exophiala bergeri | CBS 353.52 | T | +/- | DH 15792 | Human, chromoblastomycosis | Canada |
| Exophiala spinifera | CBS 899.68 | T | +/- | ATCC 18218; IHM 1767; NCMH 152 | Human, nasal granuloma | U.S.A. |
| Exophiala jeanselmei | CBS 507.90 | T | +/- | ATCC 34123; CBS 664.76; IHM 283; NCMH 123 | Human | Uruguay |
| Exophiala oligosperma | CBS 725.88 | T | +/- | DH 16212 | Human, tumour of sphenoidal cavity | Germany; Würzburg |
| Phialophora europaea | CBS 129.96 | T | -/+ | DH 10389 | Human, chromoblastomycosis of toe | Germany; Giessen |
| Fonsecaea pedrosoi | CBS 271.37 | NT | +/- | ATCC 18658;IMI 134458 | Human, chromoblastomycosis | Argentina |
| Coniosporium perforans | CBS 885.95 | T | +/- | DH 16308 | Marble | Greece |
| Phaeoannellomyces elegans | CBS 122.95 | +/- | DH 15343; NCMH 1286 | Human, skin infection of toe nail | Canada; Toronto | |
| Exophiala pisciphila | CBS 661.76 | +/- | DH 16145 | Heterodera schachtii egg from cyst, recovered from soil | Germany; Elsdorf | |
| Phialophora reptans | CBS113.85 | T | +/- | DH 5543 | Food | Sweden |
| Exophiala mesophila | CBS 402.95 | T | +/- | DH 15838 | Silicone, shower cabinet, | Germany, Hamburg |
| Cladophialophora modesta | CBS 985.96 | T | +/- | NCMH 108; UAMH 4004 | Human, brain | U.S.A.; Chapel Hill |
| Exophiala salmonis | CBS 157.67 | T | +/- | Brain, Salmo clakii | Canada; Galgary |