Inconsistencies within the proposed framework for stabilizing fungal nomenclature risk further confusion

Sarah E Kidd^{1

2}, Ferry Hagen^{3

4

5}, Catriona L Halliday⁶, Alireza Abdolrasouli^{7

8}, Teun Boekhout⁹, Pedro W Crous^{3

10

11}, David H Ellis², Juliet Elvy¹², Graeme N Forrest¹³, Marizeth Groenewald³, Rosane C Hahn^{14

15}, Jos Houbraken³, Anderson M Rodrigues¹⁶, James Scott^{17

18}, Tania C Sorrell¹⁹, Richard C Summerbell^{17

18}, Clement K M Tsui^{20

21}, Andrey Yurkov²², Sharon C-A Chen⁶

Affiliations

¹ National Mycology Reference Centre, SA Pathology, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
² School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
³ Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁴ Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁶ Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, NSW Health Pathology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.
⁷ Department of Medical Microbiology, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
⁸ Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
⁹ College of Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
¹⁰ Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
¹¹ Department of Biology, Molecular Microbiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
¹² Awanui Labs, Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, New Zealand.
¹³ Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
¹⁴ Medical Mycology Laboratory/Investigation, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
¹⁵ Júlio Muller Hospital, EBSERH, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
¹⁶ Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Laboratory of Emerging Fungal Pathogens, Discipline of Cellular Biology, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil.
¹⁷ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁸ Sporometrics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁹ Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
²⁰ Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Singapore, Singapore.
²¹ Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
²² Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany.

PMID: 38441055
PMCID: PMC11005369
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01570-23

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Inconsistencies within the proposed framework for stabilizing fungal nomenclature risk further confusion

Sarah E Kidd et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2024.

. 2024 Apr 10;62(4):e0157023.

doi: 10.1128/jcm.01570-23. Epub 2024 Mar 5.

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Affiliations

¹ National Mycology Reference Centre, SA Pathology, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
² School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
³ Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁴ Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
⁶ Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, NSW Health Pathology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.
⁷ Department of Medical Microbiology, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
⁸ Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
⁹ College of Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
¹⁰ Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
¹¹ Department of Biology, Molecular Microbiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
¹² Awanui Labs, Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, New Zealand.
¹³ Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
¹⁴ Medical Mycology Laboratory/Investigation, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
¹⁵ Júlio Muller Hospital, EBSERH, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
¹⁶ Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Laboratory of Emerging Fungal Pathogens, Discipline of Cellular Biology, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil.
¹⁷ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁸ Sporometrics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁹ Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
²⁰ Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Singapore, Singapore.
²¹ Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
²² Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany.

PMID: 38441055
PMCID: PMC11005369
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01570-23

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Keywords: medical mycology; nomenclature; taxonomy.

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de Hoog S, Walsh TJ, Ahmed SA, Alastruey-Izquierdo A, Alexander BD, Arendrup MC, Babady E, Bai F-Y, Balada-Llasat J-M, Borman A, Chowdhary A, Clark A, Colgrove RC, Cornely OA, Dingle TC, Dufresne PJ, Fuller J, Gangneux J-P, Gibas C, Glasgow H, Graser Y, Guillot J, Groll AH, Haase G, Hanson K, Harrington A, Hawksworth DL, Hayden RT, Hoenigl M, Hubka V, Johnson K, Kus JV, Li R, Meis JF, Lackner M, Lanternier F, Leal SM Jr, Lee F, Lockhart SR, Luethy P, Martin I, Kwon-Chung KJ, Meyer W, Nguyen MH, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Palavecino E, Pancholi P, Pappas PG, Procop GW, Redhead SA, Rhoads DD, Riedel S, Stevens B, Sullivan KO, Vergidis P, Roilides E, Seyedmousavi A, Tao L, Vicente VA, Vitale RG, Wang Q-M, Wengenack NL, Westblade L, Wiederhold N, White L, Wojewoda CM, Zhang SX. de Hoog S, et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2024 Apr 10;62(4):e0162523. doi: 10.1128/jcm.01625-23. Epub 2024 Mar 5. J Clin Microbiol. 2024. PMID: 38441056 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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A conceptual framework for nomenclatural stability and validity of medically important fungi: a proposed global consensus guideline for fungal name changes supported by ABP, ASM, CLSI, ECMM, ESCMID-EFISG, EUCAST-AFST, FDLC, IDSA, ISHAM, MMSA, and MSGERC.
de Hoog S, Walsh TJ, Ahmed SA, Alastruey-Izquierdo A, Alexander BD, Arendrup MC, Babady E, Bai F-Y, Balada-Llasat J-M, Borman A, Chowdhary A, Clark A, Colgrove RC, Cornely OA, Dingle TC, Dufresne PJ, Fuller J, Gangneux J-P, Gibas C, Glasgow H, Gräser Y, Guillot J, Groll AH, Haase G, Hanson K, Harrington A, Hawksworth DL, Hayden RT, Hoenigl M, Hubka V, Johnson K, Kus JV, Li R, Meis JF, Lackner M, Lanternier F, Leal SM Jr, Lee F, Lockhart SR, Luethy P, Martin I, Kwon-Chung KJ, Meyer W, Nguyen MH, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Palavecino E, Pancholi P, Pappas PG, Procop GW, Redhead SA, Rhoads DD, Riedel S, Stevens B, Sullivan KO, Vergidis P, Roilides E, Seyedmousavi A, Tao L, Vicente VA, Vitale RG, Wang Q-M, Wengenack NL, Westblade L, Wiederhold N, White L, Wojewoda CM, Zhang SX. de Hoog S, et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2023 Nov 21;61(11):e0087323. doi: 10.1128/jcm.00873-23. Epub 2023 Oct 26. J Clin Microbiol. 2023. PMID: 37882528 Free PMC article.

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