Emericella               Print PDF
Natural Habitat	Plant material Seeds Soil
Suitable Substrates in the Indoor Environment	Building materials Dust Food
Water Activity	Unknown
Mode of Dissemination	Wind
Allergenic Potential	Type I (asthma and hay fever)
Potential Opportunist or Pathogen	Onchomycosis
Industrial Uses	Unknown
Potential Toxins Produced	Asperthecin Asperugin Aspergiline Corycepin Echinocandin B Emerin Emericellin Nidurufin Sterigmatocystin Penicillin Pentostatin
Other Comments	Genetically related to (meiosporic state) some Aspergillus species
References	Gugnani, H.C., Vijayan, V.K., Tyagi P., Sharma, S., Stchigel, A.M., and Guarro, J. 2004. Onychomycosis due to Emericella quadrilineata. J. Clin Microbiol. 42 (2): 914–916