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Chaetomium          Print PDF

Natural Habitat
  • Dung
  • Seeds
  • Soil
  • Straw

Suitable Substrates in the Indoor Environment
  • Paper
  • Sheetrock
  • Wallpaper

Water Activity
  • Aw=0.84-0.89

Mode of Dissemination
  • Wind
  • Insects
  • Water splash

Allergenic Potential
  • Type I (asthma and hay fever)

Potential Opportunist or Pathogen
  • Onychomycosis
  • C. perlucidum recognized as a new agent of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis.

Industrial Uses
  • Cellulase production
  • Textile testing

Potential Toxins Produced
  • Chaetomin
  • Chaetoglobosins A,B,D and F are produced by Chaetomium globosum
  • Sterigmatocystin is produced by rare species




















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