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| Natural Habitat | - Dung
- Fruits- causing rhizopus rot on stone fruits and strawberries
- Soils
- Vegetables
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| Suitable Substrates in the Indoor Environment | - Stored fruits and vegetables
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| Water Activity | |
| Mode of Dissemination | |
| Allergenic Potential | - Type I (hay fever, asthma)
- Type III (hypersensitivity)
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| Potential Opportunist or Pathogen | - Causal agent of zygomycosis in immunocompromised, malnourished or severely burned people
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| Industrial Uses | - Used to ferment rice into miso
- Used to ferment soybeans to tempeh and sufu
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| Potential Toxins Produced | - Rhizopus oryzae
produces agroclavine (an ergot alkaloid toxic to mammals) |
