Curvularia
Natural Habitat
- Plant saprobe and pathogen to cereal plants
- Soil
Suitable Substrates in the Indoor Environment
Water Activity
Mode of Dissemination
Allergenic Potential
- Type I (asthma and hay fever)
- A relatively common cause of allergic fungal sinusitis
Potential Opportunist or Pathogen
In immunocompromised patients:
- cerebral abscess
- endocarditis
- mycetoma
- ocular keratitis
- onychomycosis
- pneumonia
- sinusitis
Industrial Uses
Potential Toxins Produced
Other Comments
- All Curvularia species are genetically Bipolaris