| Species/Subspecies:
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Fusarium solani |
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| Categories:
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Human pathogen; plant pathogen; toxic for animals |
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| Etymology:
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Genus name: spindle.
Species epithet: from the plan genus Solanum. |
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| Alternative Species Name(s): | (Haemato-)Nectria haematococca, is the name of the fungus in the teleomorphic stage. |
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| Significance: | F. solani is a serious economic problem in North and South Amerika
[Unclassified]
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| Geographic distribution:
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Worldwide occurrence in food, indoor environments, soils, and on a wide range of plants and animals. |
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| Taxonomy:
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| Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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| Ascomycota | Sordariomycetes | Hypocreales | Nectriaceae | Fusarium |
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Macromorphology (smell):
 | Forms white cotton-like colonies, which turn blue-green or bluish-brown in the center. From below, the plate looks red-brown. |
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Micromorphology:
  | The macroconidia are curved, broad and hyaline (transparent). They usually have three septa and often form aggregates. The microconidia are oval or cylindrical, hyaline (transparent) and usually lack septa. |
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| Reproduction: | |
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| Spec. Char.:
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| Disease/effect:
| Fungal keratitis can be caused by about 70 different species within the genera Aspergillus, Candida and Fusarium.
| Hosts/substrate | Disease/effect | Clinical picture or result |
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| Cattle | Mouldy sweet potato toxicose | Respiratory distress (dyspnoea) due to interstitial pneumonia and pulmonary oedema. This fungus may also cause sudden death. | | Young turtles, crocodiles, sea lions and grey seals | Cutaneous infektions | | | Plants (beans, cucurbits, peas and potatoes) | Soft rot | The roots of the host plant will rot and the whole plant may be affected | | Human | Fungal keratitis | Blurred vision, red and paiful eyes. May result in blindness. |
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| Genome Sequence:
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| ACC-No GenBank | Strain/Isolate | # of chrom | Size (Mbp) | Ref |
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| GCA_002215905.1 | JS-169 | | 45.8 | # 71 |
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| ITS regions:
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| ACC-No GenBank | Strain/Isolate | Number of NT | Genes |
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| NR_163531 | CBS 140079TM | 632 | 18S rRNA, ITS 1, 5.8S rRNA, ITS 2, 28S rRNA |
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| Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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F. solani is a complex of approx. 25 closely related filamentous fungi in the family Nectriaceae. |
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| Comment: | F. solani does not produce mycotoxins, but if sweet potatoes are infected, 4-ipomeanol (pulmonary oedema factor) is produced by the sweet potatoes. |
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| Updated: | 2022-06-22 |
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