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Recently, Fisher et al.
(2001; 2002) used molecular methods to establish that populations
of Coccidioides immitis
were not homogeneous and should be divided between
Californian C. immitis
and the newly named non-Californian species Coccidioides posadasii, to honour
Alejandro Posadas.
Slide courtesy of Mendoza, L., and Taylor, J.W., presented at
the IV Virtual Mycological Congress
(http://congresomicologia.ucv.ve), Conference: “Coccidioides posadasii, una nueva especie filogenéticamente diferente de
Coccidioides immitis” (http://congresomicologia.ucv.ve/caibco-cv/consultarConferencias.jsp?lg=ES&idc=1&p=usr)
Fisher, M.C., Koenig, G.L., White,
T.J., San-Blas, G., Negroni, R., Gutiérrez-Alvarez, L., Wanke, B., Taylor, J.W. 2001. Biogeographic range
expansion into South America by Coccidioides
immitis mirrors New World patterns of human migration. Proc.
Natl. Acad. Sci (USA) 98: 4558-4562.
Fisher, M.C., Koenig, G.L., White,
T.J., Taylor, J.W. 2002. Molecular and phenotypic description of Coccidioides posadasii, sp. Nov., previously recognized as the
non-Californian population of Coccidioides
immitis. Mycologia 94: 73-84
