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Sporothrix brasiliensis, S. globosa, and S. mexicana, three new Sporothrix species of clinical interest

Publicated to:Journal Of Clinical Microbiology. 45 (10): 3198-3206 - 2007-10-01 45(10), DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00808-07

Authors: Marimon, Rita; Cano, Josep; Gene, Josepa; Sutton, Deanna A; Kawasaki, Masako; Guarro, Josep

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Department of Dermatology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan - Author
Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, United States - Author
Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Mediana I Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Reus, Spain - Author
Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Mediana I Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Reus, Spain, Unitat de Microbiologia, Departament de Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Carrer Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona - Author
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Abstract

Sporothrix schenckii is the species responsible for sporotrichosis, a fungal infection caused by the traumatic implantation of this dimorphic fungus. Recent molecular studies have demonstrated that this species constitutes a complex of numerous phylogenetic species. Since the delineation of such species could be of extreme importance from a clinical point of view, we have studied a total of 127 isolates, most of which were received as S. schenckii, including the available type strains of species currently considered synonyms, and also some close morphological species. We have phenotypically characterized all these isolates using different culture media, growth rates at different temperatures, and numerous nutritional tests and compared their calmodulin gene sequences. The molecular analysis revealed that Sporothrix albicans, S. inflata, and S. schenckii van luriei are species that are clearly different from S. schenckii. The combination of these phenetic and genetic approaches allowed us to propose the new species Sporothrix brasiliensis, S. globosa, and S. mexicana. The key phenotypic features for recognizing these species are the morphology of the sessile pigmented conidia, growth at 30, 35, and 37°C, and the assimilation of sucrose, raffinose, and ribitol. Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Keywords

ArticleConidiumCulture mediumFungiFungus cultureFungus growthFungus isolationGrowth rateHumansMolecular geneticsMorphologyNew speciesNonhumanNucleotide sequencePhenotypePhylogenyPolymorphism, restriction fragment lengthPriority journalRaffinoseRibitolSpecies differentiationSpecies identificationSporothrixSporothrix albicansSporothrix brasiliensisSporothrix globosaSporothrix inflataSporothrix mexicanaSporothrix schenckiiSporotrichosisStrain differenceSucrose

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Journal Of Clinical Microbiology due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2007, it was in position 19/93, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Microbiology.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 54.87, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Aug 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-08-02, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 367
  • Scopus: 434
  • Europe PMC: 249

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-08-02:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 282.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 297 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.
  • The number of mentions on Wikipedia: 4 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Japan; United States of America.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Marimon Picó, Rita) and Last Author (Guarro Artigas, Josep).

the authors responsible for correspondence tasks have been Gené Díaz, Josepa and Guarro Artigas, Josep.