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This category is for diseases of humans or other vertebrates caused by fungi. For fungal diseases of plants, ... Pages in category "Animal fungal diseases"
Fungi are everywhere, but only some cause disease. [13] Fungal infection occurs after spores are either breathed in, come into contact with skin or enter the body through the skin such as via a cut, wound or injection. [3] It is more likely to occur in people with a weak immune system. [14]
The eight-year-old animal was the first report of this disease in a camelid ruminant. [21] In conclusion, phaeohyphomycosis is a highly prolific disease that is caused by multiple genera of fungi. The disease is transmissible through several mediums, including air, wind, and water. Both individual animals and whole populations can be affected ...
Pathogenic fungi are fungi that cause disease in humans or other organisms. Although fungi are eukaryotic , many pathogenic fungi are microorganisms . [ 1 ] Approximately 300 fungi are known to be pathogenic to humans; [ 2 ] their study is called " medical mycology ".
Zygomycosis is the broadest term to refer to infections caused by bread mold fungi of the zygomycota phylum. However, because zygomycota has been identified as polyphyletic, and is not included in modern fungal classification systems, the diseases that zygomycosis can refer to are better called by their specific names: mucormycosis [1] (after Mucorales), phycomycosis [2] (after Phycomycetes ...
A chytrid-killed frog Chytridiomycosis in Atelopus varius—two sporangia containing numerous zoospores are visible.. Chytridiomycosis (/ k aɪ ˌ t r ɪ d i ə m aɪ ˈ k oʊ s ɪ s / ky-TRID-ee-ə-my-KOH-sis) is an infectious disease in amphibians, caused by the chytrid fungi Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans.
1. Loose smut of barley, caused by Ustilago nuda A class of destructive plant diseases, generally of cereal grasses, caused by parasitic fungi of Ustilaginomycetes. Distinguished by transformation of plant organs permeated by hyphae into a dark mass of spores. 2. Smut-causing fungi themselves in Ustilaginomycetes. Characterized by being host ...
Mycetoma is caused by common saprotrophs found in the soil and on thorny shrubs in semi-desert climates. [10] Some common causative agents are: [11] Madurella mycetomatis (fungus) Nocardia brasiliensis (bacteria) Actinomadure madura (bacteria) Streptomyces somaliensis (bacteria) Actinomadura pelletieri (bacteria) [3] Infection is caused as a ...