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15 unusual facts about Aspergillus


2,4,6-Tribromoanisole

Tribromoanisole is usually produced when naturally occurring airborne fungi and/or bacteria (usually Aspergillus sp., Penicillium sp., Actinomycetes, Botrytis cinerea, Rhizobium sp., or Streptomyces) are presented with brominated phenolic compounds, which they then convert into bromoanisole derivatives.

2,4,6-Trichloroanisole

TCA is usually produced when naturally occurring airborne fungi and bacteria (usually Aspergillus sp., Penicillium sp., Actinomycetes, Botrytis cinerea, Rhizobium sp., or Streptomyces) are presented with chlorinated phenolic compounds, which they then convert into chlorinated anisole derivatives.

Alese Coco

According to the California death certificate, Alese Coco died at UCLA on May 7, 2007 at 1:20 pm from respiratory failure, Aspergillus pneumonia and Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Aspergillum

Aspergillus, a genus of mold, was named in 1729 by the Italian priest and biologist Pietro Antonio Micheli.

Butenafine

Butenafine demonstrates low minimum inhibitory concentrations against Cryptococcus and Aspergillus.

Corn syrup

Glucoamylase is secreted by various species of the fungus Aspergillus; the enzyme is isolated from the liquid in which the fungus is grown.

Fumitremorgin

Fumitremorgins are tremorogenic metabolites of Aspergillus and Penicillium.

Halo sign

It can be associated with hemorrhagic nodules, tumors, or inflammatory processes, but is most commonly known as an early radiographic sign of invasive pulmonary infection by the fungus species Aspergillus.

Infective endocarditis

Other fungi demonstrated to cause endocarditis are Histoplasma capsulatum and Aspergillus.

Microbial biodegradation

Aspergillus and other moulds play an important role in these consortia because they are adept at recycling starches, hemicelluloses, celluloses, pectins and other sugar polymers.

Mycotoxins in animal feed

The most common fungi that produce mycotoxins include Fusarium, Aspergillus, and Penicillium.

Notoamide

Notoamides are bio-active isolates of marine Aspergillus.

Pseurotin A

Pseurotin A is a bio-active metabolite of Aspergillus.

Stephacidin

Stephacidins are novel antitumor alkaloids isolated from Aspergillus.

Versicolamide B

Versicolamide B is a bio-active isolate of marine Aspergillus.


Abraham Z. Joffe

The influence of overwintering on the antibiotic activity of several molds of the genus Cladosporium, Alternaria, Fusarium, Mucor, Thamnidium and Aspergillus. Acta Acad. Sci. Lith. SSR Ser.

Ferrichrome

Ferrichrome was first isolated in 1952, has been found to be produced by fungi of the genera Aspergillus, Ustilago, and Penicillium.

Fungemia

The most commonly known pathogen is Candida albicans, causing roughly 70% of fungemias, followed by Candida glabrata with 10%, Aspergillus with 1% and Saccharomyces as the fourth most common.

White pox disease

Aspergillosis, caused by the fungus Aspergillus sydowii, affects Gorgonian soft corals commonly known as sea fans.