Moniliella is agenus offungi in thesubdivisionUstilaginomycotina. It is in the monotypic familyMoniliellaceaeQ.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai & Boekhout, which is in the monotypic orderMoniliellalesQ.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai & Boekhout which is in the monotypic classMoniliellomycetesQ.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai & Boekhout.[1]
The family, order and class were originally labelled asincertae sedis.[2] Until 2014, whenMoniliellaceae was formed.[3]
Some species ofMoniliella can cause disease in humans,[4] and also in cats.[5] The genus includes theblack, yeast-like fungi in theBasidiomycota, although the black, yeast-like fungi also include some species from theAscomycota.[6]
^abMcKenzie RA, Connole MD, McGinnis MR, Lepelaar R (1984), "Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused byMoniliella suaveolens in two cats",Veterinary Pathology,21 (6):582–586,doi:10.1177/030098588402100606,PMID6542716
^Yurlova NA, de Hoog GS, Fedorova LG (2008), "The influence of ortho- and para-diphenoloxidase substrates on pigment formation in black yeast-like fungi",Studies in Mycology,61:39–49,doi:10.3114/sim.2008.61.03,PMC2610312,PMID19287525
^abcdefRosa CA, Jindamorakot S, Limtong S, Nakase T, Lachance MA, Fidalgo-Jiménez A, Daniel HM, Pagnocca FC, Inácio J, Morais PB (February 2009), "Synonymy of the yeast generaMoniliella andTrichosporonoides and proposal ofMoniliella fonsecae sp. nov. and five new species combinations",Int J Syst Evol Microbiol,59 (Pt 2):425–429,doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65117-0,PMID19196790
