| Species/Subspecies: | Fusarium verticillioides | ||||||||||
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| Categories: | Toxic for animals; toxic for humans; spoilage organism | ||||||||||
| Etymology: | Genus name: spindle. Species epithet: ? |
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| Alternative Species Name(s): | Fusarium moniliforme | ||||||||||
| Significance: | F. verticillioides is an important pathogen of maize. [Unclassified] |
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| Geographic distribution: | Occurs throughout the world, but preferably in humid, tropical and subtropical areas. | ||||||||||
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| Macromorphology (smell):
| Colonies can cover an entire PDA plate after one week of incubation and are white to pale salmon red. | ||||||||||
| Micromorphology:
| The macroconidia are slender, almost straight and 40-50 µm long. The microconidia are 7-10 µm long and are produced in chains from phialid cells, which are monophialids. I.e. the microconidia are formed only from one opening in the phialid cell. | ||||||||||
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| Virulence Factors: | Fumonisins (mycotoxins), which are carcinogenic | ||||||||||
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| Reference(s): | No. 81 | ||||||||||
| Updated: | 2022-11-09 |
