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Acremonium strictum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi;
Phylum:	Ascomycota;
Class:	Sordariomycetes;
Subclass:	Hypocreomycetidae;
Order:	Hypocreales;
Family:	Incertae sedis;
Genus:	Acremonium;
Species:	A. strictum;
Binomial name
	Acremonium strictum; W. Gams, (1971)
Synonyms
	Cephalosporium acremonium Corda, (1839); Haplotrichum acremonium (Corda) Pound & Clem., (1896); Hyalopus acremonium (Corda) M.A.J. Barbosa, (1941)

Acremonium strictum is a plant, animal, and human pathogen. The genus Acremonium contains around 100 species, most of which are saprophytic, being isolated from dead plant material and soil. Some species cause disease in man and animals, causing mycetoma, onychomycosis, and hyalohyphomycosis. Clinical manifestations of hyalohyphomycosis caused by Acremonium; include arthritis, osteomyelitis, peritonitis, endocarditis, pneumonia, cerebritis and soft tissue infection.

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