Abstract
Wangiella dermatitidis was isolated for the first time from the macroscopically asymptomatic internal organs of 2 Phyllostomus discolor, 1 Molossus molossus, 1 Sturnira lilium and 1 Myotis albescens among bats captured in the region of Manaus, Brazil. The dematiaceous fungi isolated exhibited polymorphism at 25 and 37°C, showing toruloid hyphae, integrated and terminal phialides without collarettes and yeast-like cells. The fungi did not hydrolyze gelatin, casein or starch. Some ecological aspects of bats in relationship to the epidemiology of phaeohyphomycosis are discussed.
Resumo
Wangiella dermotitidis foi isolado, pela primeira vez, dos orgãos internos macroscopicalmente normais, de 2 Phyllostomus discolor, 1 Molossus molussus, 1 Sturnira lilium e 1 Myotis albescens, nos morcegos capturados na região de Manaus, Brasil. Os fungos demaciáceos isolados mostraram polimorfism a 25 e 37 C, apresentando hifas moniliformes, fialides integrades e terminais, e levaduras. Os fungos não hidrolisaram gelatina, casein ou amido. Considera-se alguns aspectos ecológicos dos morcegos wm relação ã epidemiologia de faeohifomicose.