| Species/Subspecies:
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Chaetomium globosum |
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| Categories:
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Human pathogen; of practical use |
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| Etymology:
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Genus name: ?
Species epithet: globe-shaped. |
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| Significance: | [Of minor importance]
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| Taxonomy:
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| Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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| Ascomycota | Sordariomycetes | Sordariales | Chaetomiaceae | Chaetomium |
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Macromorphology (smell):
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| Micromorphology:
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| Reproduction: | |
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| Spec. Char.:
| C. globosum is a mesophilic mold, which obtains its nutrition by breaking down dead plant material with the help of a cellulase, which is secreted from the hyphae. |
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| Reservoir:
| Dung, plants, soil, straw etc. |
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| Disease/effect:
| May in rare cases cause opportunistic infections in humans.
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| Virulence Factors:
| C. globosum produces the mycotoxins emodins, chrysophanols, chaetoglobosins, chetomins and chaetoviridins. Chetomins are toxic to mammals and gram-positive bacteria. Plants, which are infected by C. globosum can therefore resist certain plant diseases caused by bacteria. |
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| Genome Sequence:
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| ACC-No GenBank | Strain/Isolate | # of chrom | Size (Mbp) |
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| GCA_000143365 | CBS 148.51 | | 33.7 |
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| ITS regions:
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| ACC-No GenBank | Strain/Isolate | Number of NT | Genes |
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| NR_144851 | CBS 160.62TM | 529 | ITS 1, 5.8S rRNA, ITS 2, 28S rRNA |
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| Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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There are about 100 species within the genus Chaetomium. |
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| Practical use: | C. globosum is endophytic for many plants and can thus inhibit the growth of certain pathogenic bacteria, which can be exploited in agriculture. |
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| Updated: | 2023-02-01 |
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