Acremonium recifei. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Abstract A description is provided for Acremonium recifei. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Man, Aydendron tenellum, Elaeis guineensis, Eugenia aromatica wood, Bertholletia excelsa (rotten nuts), Furcroya gigantea, Allium sativum (garlic bulbs), Cocos nucifera (coconuts) and Eriophyes guerreronis[Aceria guerreronis] (coconut mites on coconuts), Triticum rhizosphere. DISEASE: The type culture was described from a mycetoma of the foot with yellowish-white grains in a Brazilian farmer and has since been reported on several occasions (RMVM 1, 343; 2, 94, 2156; 6, 702; 15, 198). Many of the patients were recorded as developing the mycetoma following injury during agricultural work. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, Ivory Coast, Tanzania, India, W. Australia, France, Germany.