Table 2.
Different pathogenic potentials in clades of Chaetothyriales: maximum growth temperature, synthesis of melanin and different levels of development of the immune system of potential hosts.
| Clades of Chaetothyriales | Maximum growth temperature (°C) | Synthesis of melanin | Maximum disease in invertebrates | Maximum disease in vertebrates | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crustacean | Fish | Amphibian | Reptile | Bird | Mammal | |||||||||
| Level of Immunity | ||||||||||||||
| Innate | Adaptive | Innate | Adaptive | Innate | Adaptive | Innate | Adaptive | Innate | Adaptive | Innate | Adaptive | |||
| + | − | ++ | + | ++ | + | +++ | +++ | ++++ | ++++ | +++++ | +++++ | |||
| bantiana-clade | 37–40 | + | − | − | − | − | − | Disseminated | ||||||
| dermatitidis-clade | 36–42 | + | − | − | − | − | − | Disseminated | ||||||
| jeanselmei-clade | 36–38 | + | − | − | − | − | − | Disseminated | ||||||
| carrionii-clade | 36–37 | + | − | − | − | − | − | Subcutaneous | ||||||
| europaea-clade | 37 | + | − | − | − | − | − | Superficial, cutaneous | ||||||
| salmonis-clade | 27–33(36) | + | Disseminated | Disseminated | Disseminated | − | − | Superficial | ||||||
| rock-clade | ? | + | − | − | − | − | − | Superficial | ||||||