On and Under the Skin: Emerging Basidiomycetous Yeast Infections Caused by Trichosporon Species: e1004982

A limited number of reports also show their presence in the human microbiome, such as Trichosporon asahii, which has been isolated from human fecal samples, the skin of healthy individuals, and patients with atopic dermatitis [1,6-10]. Bars, 5 Mm. Designated 150 years ago, the genus Trichosporon was for many years a collection of many different yeast-like organisms. [...]the end of the 20th century, a wide range of species were included under the name of Trichosporon beigelii or synonyms, which were later shown to be phylogenetically distinct. [...]there are prominent differences in genome size and predicted encoding genes between Trichosporon spp. and Malassezia.