Stachybotrys

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Stachybotrys
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Conidiophores of Stachybotrys chartarum with clusters of phlialides
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Stachybotryaceae
Genus: Stachybotrys
Corda (1837)
Type species
Stachybotrys atrus
Corda (1837)
Species

~ 50, see text

Synonyms [1]
  • Synsporium Preuss (1849)
  • Fuckelina Sacc. (1875)
  • Gliobotrys Höhn. (1902)
  • HyalobotrysPidopl. (1948)
  • HyalostachybotrysSriniv. (1958)
  • Ornatispora K.D.Hyde (1999)

Stachybotrys ( /ˌstækiˈbɒtrɪs/ ) is a genus of molds, hyphomycetes or asexually reproducing, filamentous fungi, now placed in the family Stachybotryaceae. The genus was erected by August Carl Joseph Corda in 1837. Historically, it was considered closely related to the genus Memnoniella, [2] [3] because the spores are produced in slimy heads rather than in dry chains. Recently, the synonymy of the two genera is generally accepted. [4] Most Stachybotrys species inhabit materials rich in cellulose. The genus has a widespread distribution and contained about 50 species in 2008. [5] There are 88 records of Stachybotrys on Species Fungorum (in 2023), of which 33 species have DNA sequence data in GenBank. Species in the genus are commonly found in soil, plant litter (hay, straw, cereal grains, and decaying plant debris) and air and a few species have been found from damp paper, cotton, linen, cellulose-based building materials water-damaged indoor buildings, and air ducts from both aquatic and terrestrial habitats (Izabel et al. 2010; [6] Lombard et al. 2016; [7] Hyde et al. 2020a). [8]

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The name of Stachybotrys is derived from the Greek words σταχυς stakhus (ear of grain, stalk, stick; metaphorically, progeny) and βότρυς botrus (cluster or bunch as in grapes, trusses).

The most infamous species, Stachybotrys chartarum (previously known as Stachybotrys atra) and Stachybotrys chlorohalonata, are known as black mold or toxic black mold in the U.S., and are frequently associated with poor indoor air quality that arises after fungal growth on water-damaged building materials. [9] Stachybotrys chemotypes are toxic, with one producing trichothecene mycotoxins including satratoxins, and another that produces atranones. [10] However, the association of Stachybotrys mold with specific health conditions is not well proven and there exists a debate within the scientific community. [11] [12] [13]

Conidia

Conidia are in slimy masses, smooth to coarsely rough, dark olivaceous to brownish black, obovoid, later becoming ellipsoid with age, 10–13 × 5–7 mm. Phialides are obovate or ellipsoidal, colorless early then turning to olivaceous with maturity, smooth, 12–14 × 5–7 mm, in clusters of 5 to 9 phialides. Conidiophores are simple, erect, smooth to rough, colorless to olivaceous, slightly enlarged apically, mostly unbranched but occasionally branched. Conidia of Stachybotrys are very characteristic and can be confidently identified in spore count samples. This genus is closely related to Memnoniella. Species of Memnoniella may occasionally develop Stachybotrys-like conidia, and vice versa. [14]

Detection

Four distinctive microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOCs) – 1-butanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol, 3-methyl-2-butanol, and thujopsene – were detected on rice cultures, and only one (1-butanol) was detected on gypsum board cultures. [15]

Pathogenicity

Stachybotrys spores 10 x 40 magnification under bright field microscopy Stachybotrys Spores.jpg
Stachybotrys spores 10 × 40 magnification under bright field microscopy

Symptoms of Stachybotrys exposure in humans

A controversy began in the early 1990s after analysis of two infant deaths and multiple cases in children from the poor areas of Cleveland, Ohio, United States, due to pulmonary hemorrhage were initially linked to exposure to heavy amounts of Stachybotrys chartarum . Subsequent and extensive reanalysis of the cases by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have failed to find any link between the deaths and the mold exposure. [16] [17]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum (as of July 2023); [18]

See also

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References

Notes

  1. ↑ "Synonymy. Current Name: Stachybotrys Corda, Icon. fung. (Prague) 1: 21 (1837)". Species Fungorum . Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  2. ↑ Haugland, Richard A.; Vesper, Stephen J.; Harmon, Stephen M. (January–February 2001). "Phylogenetic relationships of Memnoniella and Stachybotrys species and evaluation of morphological features for Memnoniella species identification". Mycologia . 93 (1): 54–65. doi:10.2307/3761605. JSTOR   3761605. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 July 2018 – via Zenodo.
  3. ↑ Castlebury, Lisa A.; Rossman, Amy Y.; Sung, Gi-Ho; Hyten, Aimee S.; Spatafora, Joseph W. (August 2004). "Multigene phylogeny reveals new lineage for Stachybotrys chartarum, the indoor air fungus" (PDF). Mycological Research . 108 (8): 864–72. doi:10.1017/S0953756204000607. PMID   15449591. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 November 2019.
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