Exophiala dermatitidis NIH/UT8656 Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Exophiala dermatitidis NIH/UT8656 (GCA_000230625)

Exophiala dermatitidis is a thermophilic black yeast, and a member of the Herpotrichiellaceae. While the species is only found at low abundance in nature, metabolically active strains are commonly isolated in saunas, steam baths, and dish washers. Exophiala dermatitidis only rarely causes infection in humans, however cases have been reported around the world. In East Asia, the species has caused lethal brain infections in young and otherwise healthy individuals. The fungus has been known to cause cutaneous and subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis, and as a lung colonist in people with cystic fibrosis in Europe. In 2002, an outbreak of systemic E. dermatitidis infection occurred in women who had received contaminated steroid injections at North Carolina hospitals.

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Assembly

The assembly presented is the Exop_derm_V1 assembly submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession GCA_000230625.1.

Annotation

The annotation presented is derived from annotation submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession GCA_000230625.1, with additional non-coding genes derived from Rfam. For more details, please visit INSDC annotation import.

More information

General information about this species can be found in Wikipedia.