Moniliella Explained

Moniliella is a genus of fungi in the subdivision Ustilaginomycotina. It is in the monotypic family Moniliellaceae, which is in the monotypic order Moniliellales which is in the monotypic class Moniliellomycetes .^[1]

The family, order and class were originally labelled as incertae sedis. Until 2014, when Moniliellaceae was formed.^[2]

Some species of Moniliella can cause disease in humans, and also in cats. The genus includes the black, yeast-like fungi in the Basidiomycota, although the black, yeast-like fungi also include some species from the Ascomycota.

Distribution

It has a scattered distribution, found in North and South America, Europe and Asia.^[3]

Species

List of species:^[4]

• Moniliella acetoabutans
• Moniliella byzovii
• Moniliella carnis
• Moniliella casei
• Moniliella dehoogii
• Moniliella fonsecae
• Moniliella floricola
• Moniliella macrospora
• Moniliella madida (formerly in Trichosporonoides)
• Moniliella megachiliensis (formerly in Trichosporonoides)
• Moniliella nigrescens (formerly in Trichosporonoides)
• Moniliella oedocephalis (formerly in Trichosporonoides)
• Moniliella pollinis
• Moniliella pyrgileucina
• Moniliella sojae
• Moniliella spathulata (formerly in Trichosporonoides)
• Moniliella tomentosa, an osmophile

Former species;^[4]

• M. mellis = Zygosaccharomyces mellis, Saccharomycetaceae
• M. suaveolens = Vanrija humicola, Trichosporonaceae
• M. suaveolens var. nigra = Saprochaete suaveolens, Dipodascaceae
• M. tomentosa var. pollinis = Moniliella pollinis, Moniliellaceae

Notes and References

1. 6 . Wijayawardene . Nalin . Hyde . Kevin . Laith Khalil Tawfeeq . Al-Ani . Somayeh . Dolatabadi . Stadler . Marc . Haelewaters . Danny . Tsurykau . Andrei . Mesic . Armin . Navathe . Sudhir . Papp . Viktor . Oliveira Fiuza . Patrícia . Vázquez . Víctor . Gautam . Ajay . Becerra . Alejandra G. . Ekanayaka . Anusha . K. C. . Rajeshkumar . Bezerra . Jadson . Matočec . Neven . Maharachchikumbura . Sajeewa . Suetrong . Satinee . 2020 . Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa . Mycosphere . 11 . 1060–1456 . 10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 . free. 10481/61998 . free .
2. Wang . Q.-M. . Begerow . D. . Groenewald . M. . Liu . X.-Z. . Theelen . B. . Bai . F.-Y. . Boekhout . T. . Multigene phylogeny and taxonomic revision of yeasts and related fungi in the Ustilaginomycotina. . Studies in Mycology . 2015 . 81 . 55–83 . 10.1016/j.simyco.2015.10.004. 26955198 . 4777779 .
3. Web site: Moniliella Stolk & Dakin . www.gbif.org . 3 February 2023 . en.
4. Web site: Index Fungorum - Search Page . 3 February 2023.