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In this study, we analyzed multiple isolates recovered from human sporotrichosis cases and environmental sources across Latin America (Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia). We conducted a polyphasic analysis of 16 isolates, integrating morphological data with multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) targeting the internal transcribed spacer (ITS), calmodulin (CAL), \u03b2-tubulin (BT2), and translation elongation factor 1-\u03b1 (TEF) gene regions. Phylogenetic relationships were resolved via maximum likelihood, and genetic structure was corroborated via four independent clustering methods: minimum spanning tree, principal component analysis, multidimensional scaling, and self-organizing maps. MLSA reidentified six isolates as S. globosa and confirmed the absence of S. brasiliensis in the cohort. The remaining S. schenckii s. str. isolates were resolved into three clades (A, B, and C). 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