Aspergillus fumigatus pathogenicity

Fedorova, N.D. et al. 2008. Genomic islands in the pathogenic filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. PLoS Genet. 4, el000046. 

Aspergillus fumigatus is a pathogenic species which produces a disease in birds, horses, cattle and even though rarely in man that is... 

Cephalosporium sp. are known producers of helvolic acid as well as fusidic acid (5). Helvolic acid has also been reported fi om the opportunistic human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus (3) and the hypocrealean fungus Sarocladium oryzae (68). The extent to which these steroidal fusidanes are present in other entomopathogenic fungi is unknown at present. 

Steele C, Rapaka RR, Metz A et al. Ihe beta-glucan receptor dectin-1 recognizes specific morphologies of Aspergillus fumigatus. PLoS Pathogens 2005 l e42. 

Of more than 300 species of Aspergillus, three are most commonly pathogenic A. fumigatus, A. flavus, and A. niger. 

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