A novel report on the emerging and zoonotic neurotropic fungus Trichosporon japonicum in the brain tissue of the endangered Brazilian guitarfish (Pseudobatos horkelii) off the southeastern coast of Brazil

Garcia-Solache MA, Casadevall A. Global warming will bring new fungal diseases for mammals. Bio. 2010;1(1):e00061-10. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00061-10.

Article  Google Scholar 

Jones EBG. Are there more marine fungi to be described? Bot Mar. 2011;54(4):343–54.

Article  Google Scholar 

Gonçalves MFM, Esteves AC, Alves A. Marine fungi: opportunities and challenges. Encyclopedia. 2022;2:559–77.

Article  Google Scholar 

Mehta V, Nayyar C, Gulati N, Singla N, Rai S, Chandar JA. Comprehensive review of trichosporon spp.: an invasive and emerging fungus. Cureus. 2021;13(8):e17345. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17345.

Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Castano G, Yarrarapu SNS, Mada PK. Trichosporonosis. In StatPearls: StatPearls Publishing; 2023.

Google Scholar 

Mariné M, Brown NA, Riaño-Pachón DM, Goldman GH. On and under the skin: emerging basidiomycetous yeast infections caused by trichosporon species. PloS Pathog. 2015;11(7):e1004982.

Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Mulè A, Rossini F, Sollima A, Lenzi A, Fumarola B, Amadasi S, Chiari E, Lorenzotti S, Saccani B, Van Hauwermeiren E, et al. Trichosporon asahii infective endocarditis of prosthetic valve: a case report and literature review. Antibiotics. 2023;12:1181.

Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Gujjari P, Suh SO, Coumes K, Zhou JJ. Characterization of oleaginous yeasts revealed two novel species: trichosporon cacaoliposimilis sp nov and trichosporon oleaginosus sp Nov. Mycologia. 2011;103(5):1110–8. https://doi.org/10.3852/10-403.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Ider S, Belguesmia Y, Cazals G, Boukherroub R, Coucheney F, Kihal M, Enjalbal C, Drider D. The antimicrobial peptide oranicin P16 isolated from trichosporon asahii ICVY021, found in camel milk’s, inhibits Kocuria rhizophila. Food Bioscience. 2020;36(100670):ISSN 2212-4292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fbio.2020.100670.

Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Xue SJ, Liu J, Li XC, Zhang XT, Xin ZZ, Jiang WW, Zhang JY. First natural yeast strain trichosporon asahii hz10 with robust flavonoid productivity and its potential biosynthetic pathway. J Agric Food Chem. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.3c05188.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Buzzini P, Gasparetti C, Turchetti B, Cramarossa MR, Vaughan-Martini A, Martini A, Pagnoni UM, Forti L. Production of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by yeasts isolated from the ascocarps of black (Tuber melanosporum Vitt.) and white (Tuber magnatum Pico) truffles. Arch Microbiol. 2005;184(3):187–93.

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Roth FJ Jr, Ahearn DG, Fell JW, Meyers SP, Meyer SA. Ecology and taxonomy of yeasts isolated from various marine substrates. Limnol Oceanogr. 1962;7(1962):178–85.

Article  Google Scholar 

Eklund MW, Spinelli J, Miyauchi D, Groninger H. Characteristics of yeasts isolated from Pacific crab meat. Appl Microbiol. 1965;13(6):985–90. https://doi.org/10.1128/am.13.6.985-990.1965.

Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Bruce J, Morris EO. Psychrophilic yeasts isolated from marine fish. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 1973;39(2):331–9. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02578865.

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Aubin J, Gatesoupe FJ, Labbé L, Lebrun L. Trial of probiotics to prevent the vertebral column compression syndrome in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum). Aquac Res. 2005;36:758–67.

Article  Google Scholar 

Abdallah ESH, Mahmoud MM, Abdel-Rahim IR. Trichosporon jirovecii infection of red swamp crayfish (Procambarus larkia). J Fish Dis. 2018;41(11):1719–32. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.12879.

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Tartor Y, Taha M, Mahboub H, El Ghamery M. Yeast species associated with diseased fish: Occurrence, identification, experimental challenges and antifungal susceptibility testing. Aquaculture. 2018;488:134–44.

Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Adebiyi AI, Oluwayelu DO. Zoonotic fungal diseases and animal ownership in Nigeria. Alexandria J Med. 2018;54(4):397–402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajme.2017.11.007.

Article  Google Scholar 

Le F, Liu B, Si Z, Li S, Qiao J. Prevalence of dermatitis and superficial fungal infection of the hands in seafood workers: an investigation from food markets in Ningbo, China. Risk Manag Healthcare Policy. 2020;13:427–31. https://doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S240327.

Article  Google Scholar 

Ziarati M, Zorriehzahra MJ, Hassantabar F, Mehrabi Z, Dhawan M, Sharun K, Emran TB, Dhama K, Chaicumpa W, Shamsi S. Zoonotic diseases of fish and their prevention and control. Vet Q. 2022;42(1):95–118. https://doi.org/10.1080/01652176.2022.2080298.

Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Dulvy NK, Fowler SL, Musick JA, Cavanagh RD, Kyne PM, Harrison LR, Carlson JK, Davidson LN, Fordham SV, Francis MP, Pollock CM, Simpfendorfer CA, Burgess GH, Carpenter KE, Compagno LJ, Ebert DA, Gibson C, Heupel MR, Livingstone SR, Sanciangco JC, Stevens JD, Valenti S, White WT. Extinction risk and conservation of the world’s sharks and rays. Elife. 2014;3:e00590. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00590.

Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Seidu I, Brobbey L, Danquah E, Oppong S, Beuningen D, Seidu M, Dulvy NK. Fishing for survival: importance of shark fisheries for the livelihoods of coastal communities in Western Ghana. Fish Res. 2021;246:106157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2021.106157.

Article  Google Scholar 

Dulvy NK, Pacoureau N, Rigby CL, Pollom RA, Jabado RW, Ebert DA, Finucci B, Pollock CM, Cheok J, Derrick DH, Herman KB, Sherman CS, VanderWright WJ, Lawson JM, Walls RHL, Carlson JK, Charvet P, Bineesh KK, Fernando D, Ralph GM, Matsushiba JH, Hilton-Taylor C, Fordham SV, Simpfendorfer CA. Overfishing drives over one-third of all sharks and rays toward a global extinction crisis. Curr Biol. 2021;31(22):5118–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.11.008.

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Raghukumar C, Raghukumar S, Sheelu G, Gupta SM, Nath BN, Rao BR. Buried in time: culturable fungi in a deep-sea sediment core from the chagos Trench, Indian Ocean. Deep-Sea Res I. 2004;51:1759–68.

Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Rojas-Jimenez K, Grossart HP, Cordes E, Cortés J. Fungal communities in sediments along a depth gradient in the Eastern tropical pacific. Front Microbiol. 2020;6(11):575207. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.575207.

Article  Google Scholar 

Marie Booth J, Fusi M, Marasco R, Michoud G, Fodelianakis S, Merlino G, Daffonchio D. The role of fungi in heterogeneous sediment microbial networks. Sci Rep. 2019;9(1):7537. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43980-3.

Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Michael, SW (1993) Reef sharks and rays of the world. A guide to their identification, behavior, and ecology. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California. 107 p.

Pollom, R, Barreto, R, Charvet, P, Chiaramonte, GE, Cuevas, JM, Herman, K, Martins, MF, Montealegre-Quijano, S, Motta, F, Paesch, L & Rincon, G (2020) Pseudobatos horkelii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T41064A2951089. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T41064A2951089.en. Accessed on 15 November 2023.

Hartmann JX, Bissoon LM, Poyer JC. Routine establishment of primary elasmobranch cell cultures. In vitro Cell Develop Biol. 1992;28A(2):77–9. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02631008.

Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Uno Y, Nozu R, Kiyatake I, Higashiguchi N, Sodeyama S, Murakumo K, Sato K, Kuraku S. Cell culture-based karyotyping of orectolobiform sharks for chromosome-scale genome analysis. Commun Biology. 2020;3(1):652. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01373-7.

Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Poyer JC, Hartmann JX. Establishment of a cell line from brain tissue of the silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol – Animal. 1992;28:682–4. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02631047.

Article  Google Scholar 

Pinto TN, Kohn A, da Costa GL, Oliveira LMA, Pinto TCA, Oliveira MME. Candida guilliermondii as an agent of postpartum subacute mastitis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: case report. Front Microbiol. 2022;23(13):964685. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.964685.

Article  Google Scholar 

Oliveira MME, Lopes AP, Pinto TN, da Costa GL, Goes-Neto A, Hauser-Davis RA. A Novel One Health Approach concerning Yeast Present in the Oral Microbiome of the Endangered Rio Skate (Rioraja agassizii) from Southeastern Brazil. Microorganisms. 2023;11(8):1969. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11081969.

Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Oliveira MM, Santos C, Sampaio P, Romeo O, Almeida-Paes R, Pais C, Lima N, Zancopé-Oliveira RM. Development and optimization of a new MALDI-TOF protocol for identification of the Sporothrix species complex. Res Microbiol. 2015;166(2):102–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resmic.2014.12.008.

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Stevenson LG, Drake SK, Murray PR. Rapid identification of bacteria in positive blood culture broths by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry. J Clin Microbiol. 2010;48(2):444–7. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01541-09.

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Matos AMF, Moreira LM, Barczewski BF, de Matos LX, Oliveira JBV, Pimentel MIF, Almeida-Paes R, Oliveira MG, Pinto TCA, Lima N, Matos MO, Costa LGM, Santos C, Oliveira MME. Identification by MALDI-TOF MS of Sporothrix brasiliensis Isolated from a subconjunctival infiltrative lesion in an immunocompetent patient. Microorganisms. 2019;8(1):22. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8010022.

Article  Google Scholar 

Flórez-Muñoz SV, Gómez-Velásquez JC, Loaiza-Díaz N, Soares C, Santos C, Lima N, Mesa-Arango AC. ITS rDNA Gene Analysis Versus MALDI-TOF MS for identification of neoscytalidium dimidiatum isolated from onychomycosis and dermatomycosis cases in medellin (Colombia). Microorganisms. 2019;7(9):306. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7090306.

Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Chen JH, Yam WC, Ngan AH, Fung AM, Woo WL, Yan MK, Choi GK, Ho PL, Cheng VC, Yuen KY. Advantages of using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry as a rapid diagnostic tool for identification of yeasts and mycobacteria in the clinical microbiological laboratory. J Clin Microbiol. 2013;51(12):3981–7. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01437-13.

Comments (0)

No login
gif