Ochroconis is a genus of ascomycete fungi that includes oligotrophic saprobes and some opportunistic species causing infections in *** most important of these opportunists is the neurotropic species Ochroconis gallopa...
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Ochroconis is a genus of ascomycete fungi that includes oligotrophic saprobes and some opportunistic species causing infections in *** most important of these opportunists is the neurotropic species Ochroconis gallopava,which occurs in birds and occasionally in immunocompromised *** Ochroconis species have been isolated from superficial infections of cats,dogs and *** their natural environment,these species are found in litter,soil,and on moist *** thermophilic species have been isolated from hot springs,industrial effluents,and self-heated plant *** their ecology and epidemiology has been investigated,their classification within the ascomycetes is still ***,the phylogenetic placement of Ochroconis is investigated using a four-gene phylogeny(nuLSU,nuSSU,mtSSU and RPB2).The results show that Ochroconis and its recently described sister genus Verruconis belong to the order Venturiales(Dothideomycetes)and are nested within the Sympoventuriaceae,a family recently erected for a group of plant-saprobes or-pathogens sister to the *** form a well-supported monophyletic group together with five species of the anamorphic genus Fusicladium isolated from leaf and needle litters.
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