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| Natural Habitat | - Decaying fruits and vegetables
- Dung
- Plants
- Soils
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| Suitable Substrates in the Indoor Environment | - Fruit
- Leftover foods
- Building Materials
- Carpet Dust
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| Mode of Dissemination | |
| Allergenic Potential | - Type I (hay fever, asthma)
- Type III (hypersensitivity)
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| Potential Opportunist or Pathogen | - Zygomycosis in immunocompromised patients
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| Industrial Uses | - Proteases from M. pusillus and M. mehei are used in cheese fermentation
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| Potential Toxins Produced | |
| Other Comments | - Produces zygomycete sporangiospores
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