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. 2022 Oct 4;8(10):1046. doi: 10.3390/jof8101046

Table 8.

The list of chosen respiratory tract mycobiome colonizers. The table summarizes representative taxa, number and summary of all species described in the studies.

Site Genus The Most Common Species Number of Species List of Species References
Lungs Cladosporium Cladosporium sp. 0 not classified [156]
Penicillium Penicillium sp. 0 not classified [156]
Aspergillus Aspergillus sp. 0 not classified [156]
Candida Candida sp. 0 not classified [156]
Malassezia Malassezia sp. 0 not classified [156]
Kluyveromyces Kluyveromyces sp. 0 not classified [156]
Pneumocystis Pneumocystis sp. 0 not classified [126,156]
Bronchoalveolar lavage Cladosporium Cladosporium sp. 0 not classified [145]
Candida C. guilliermondii 2 C. guilliermondii, C. albicans [20,156]
Aspergillus Aspergillus sp. 2 A. fumigatus, A. flavus [145,156]
Penicillium Penicillium sp. 0 not classified [145]
Saccharomyces S. cerevisiae 0 not classified [20]
Pichia Pichia sp. 2 P. Jadini, P. brevicompactum [20]
Exhaled breath
Condensate (EBC)
Cladosporium Cladosporium sp. 1 C. herbarum [159]
Aspergillus A. sydowii 1 A. sydowii [159]
Penicillium P. brevicompactum 5 P. brevicompactum, P. Expansum, P. glabrum, P. olsonii, P. bilaiae [159]
Alternaria A. alternata 2 A. alternata, A. infectoria [159]
Sputum Saccharomyces Saccharomyces sp. 0 not classified [162]
Candida Candida sp. 2 C. albicans, C. dubliniensis [162]
Ganoderma Ganoderma sp. 0 not classified [20]
Malassezia Malassezia sp. 0 not classified [162]
Aspergillus A. fumigatus 1 A. fumigatus [20]
Cryptococcus C. magnus 1 C. magnus [20]
Peniophora P. incarnata 2 P. Incarnata, P. Cinerea [20]
Daedaleopsis D. confragosa 1 D. confragosa [20]
Sistotrema S. brinkmannii 1 S. brinkmannii [20]
Stereum S. hirsutum 1 S. hirsutum [20]