Fusarium Print PDF |
Natural Habitat |
- Soil
- Plant pathogen causing root rot, stem rot, and wilt of many ornamental and crop plants.
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Suitable Substrates in the Indoor Environment |
- Often found in humidifiers
- wet, cellulose-based building materials
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Water Activity |
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Mode of Dissemination |
- Insects
- Water droplets, rain
- Wind when spores become dry
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Allergenic Potential |
- Type I allergies (hay fever, asthma)
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Potential Opportunist or Pathogen |
- Esophageal cancer is believed to happen after consumption of F. moniliforme infected corn
- Keratitis
- Endophthalmitis
- Onychomycosis
- Cutaneous infections
- Mycetoma
- Sinusitis
- Pulmonary infections
- Endocarditis
- Peritonitis
- Central venous catheter infections
- Septic arthritis
- Neurological disease in horses after consumption of F. moniliforme infected corn
- Respiratory disease in pigs after consumption of F. moniliforme infected corn
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Industrial Uses |
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Potential Toxins Produced |
- Trichothecenes
- Zearalenone
- Fumonisins
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Other Comments |
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References |
- Atlas of Moulds in Europe causing respiratory Allergy
, Foundation for Allergy Research in Europe, Edited by Knud Wilken-Jensen and Suzanne Gravesen, ASK Publishing, Denmark, 1984 |