Parietal composition of Lichtheimia corymbifera

Differences between spore and germ tube stages and host-pathogen interactions

  • Lecointe, Karine Conceptualization; Formal analysis; Methodology; Project administration; Validation; Writing – original draft; Writing – review & editing
  • Coulon, Pauline
  • Krzewinski, Frédéric
  • Charlet, Rogatien
  • Bortolus, Clovis
  • Sendid, Boualem
  • Cornu, Marjorie
Medical Mycology 61(1), January 2023. | DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myac100

Lay Summary

Lichtheimia corymbifera is a causative agent of mucormycosis, an emerging invasive fungal infection. Deciphering cell wall composition can lead to the identification of a polysaccharide epitope, which could be used as a biomarker, useful for the diagnosis of mucormycosis.

Erratum

Correction to

Molecular epidemiology of clinical filamentous fungi in Qatar beyond Aspergillus and Fusarium with notes on the rare species

Medical Mycology 61(1), January 2023. | DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myad006
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