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• Alternaria alternate!
Host: Wide host range. Causes leaf spots, damping off, and ear and root rot of maize, blight of foliage and pod of pea, - seedling foliage blight of sugarcane, black point on wheat, dark flecks on Dendrobium, fruit spot on papaya and leaf spot on garden bean; 8 leaf spot; blights; stem and fruit rots; black mold of tomato; 8, 17 very wide host range 9
Human Health Related: Phaeohyphomycosis; mycotic keratitis; cutaneous and visceral infections; osteomyelitis 8 ... it starts to give you these medical terms that I actually had to look up. 9 Phaeohyphomycosis, which essentially as far as I can tell, means that you can actually - see the hyphae and they may be septate and have color in tissue and may even have yeast like forms and they can get into various kinds of tissues as well as on the surface of the body. And when the fungus gets into the brain or bone tissue the prognosis is particularly poor, and it has been so reported. 9 • Alternaria infectoria aka Lewia infectoria! ! Host: Wide host range 7 Human Health Related: Wound and sinus colonization and opportunistic infection 7
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• Alternaria tenuis / tenuissima see Alternaria alternata
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Aspergillus sp / spp. !
• Aspergillus flavus - Aspergillus fumigatus - Aspergillus spp.
EFFECTORS THAT PLAY A ROLE IN PATHOGENICITY WITH CROSS-KINGDOM TARGETS: Pathogenicity factors: Proteases (subtilisin type); secondary metabolites Characteristics: Toxins Mode of action: Lysis and degradation of diverse tissues (depending on – kingdom affected); necrosis induction, suppression of immune system 7
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• Aspergillus candidus! !
Host: Decay of apple fruits; root rots. 8 And you have here the disease on wheat kernels.
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Corn and kernel rot 17
Human Health Related: Cerebral aspergillosis ; cutaneous aspergillosis, endophthalmitis, hepatosplenic aspergillosis, myocarditis, onychomycosis, osteomyelitis, 8 ; hepatosplenic; Cerebral; cutaneous; pulmonary aspergillosis; endocarditis; meningitis; otomycosis; sinusitis 8, 17 Decay, it can get into the brain and the heart and other organs, and bone. Very nasty. I started reading about what these substances will do; and here you have a pretty nasty infection here on a foot. 9 !
• Aspergillus flavus aka Aspergillus oryzae
Host: Cotton, peanut, maize - seed 7 Pathogen and saprophyte, has many hosts and causes such diseases as ear and kernel rot of maize; yellow mold of peanut; boll rot of cotton 8 A. flavus strain AF36 (Arizona Cotton Research and Protection Council, Phoenix, Ariz.) a non-toxin-producing strain registered (EPA) on cotton fields in Texas and aflatoxin-producing Arizona for control of strains of A. flavus which produce aflatoxin. A. flavus strain NRRL 21882, registered for use in peanut crops to control aflatoxin-producing strain of A. flavus (Circle One Global, Inc., Shellman, GA.) 8 This is one that is also not only a pathogen of corn, but moldy peanuts and boll rot on cotton and is very extensive. There is a strain for control of A. fluvus and cotton, and I believe it works essentially as a competitive exclusion 9 Human Health Related: Opportunistic infection 7 Systemic aspergillosis; endocarditis 8 … never-the-less it has been reported to have generalized infection in people and can be a problem in heart disease as well. 9
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• Aspergillus glaucus !
Host: Corn ear and kernel rot 8 We can have rot in corn 9 Human Health Related: Cerebral, cutaneous, hepatosplenic and pulmonary aspergillosis; endocarditis; endophthalmitis; meningitis; myocarditis; onychomycosis; osteomyelitis; ostomycosis; sinusitis 8 Aspergillus glaucus; and again, nasty things in terms of brain, heart, skin and even in the lungs. . And then we have a real problem here with disease in the jaw, and then with the kidney infection; these are unpleasant things for anyone to experience. 9
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• Aspergillus niger !
Host: Black mold of peanut and onion; maize ear rot 8 Human Health Related: Aspergilloma (fruiting body in tissue); otomycosis; pulmonary aspergillosis 8 10