Contributions of Spore Secondary Metabolites to UV-C Protection and Virulence Vary in Different Aspergillus fumigatus Strains

Contributions of Spore Secondary Metabolites to UV-C Protection and Virulence Vary in Different Aspergillus fumigatus Strains

Fungal spores contain secondary metabolites that can protect them from a multitude of abiotic and biotic stresses. Conidia (asexual spores) of the human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus synthesize several metabolites, including melanin, which has been reported to be important for virulence in this spe...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Adriana Blachowicz, Nicholas Raffa, Jin Woo Bok, Tsokyi Choera, Benjamin Knox, Fang Yun Lim, Anna Huttenlocher, Clay C. C. Wang, Kasthuri Venkateswaran, Nancy P. Keller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-02-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
aspergillus fumigatus
space station
uv-c
melanin
secondary metabolite
spore
virulence determinants
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03415-19

Similar Items

Similar Items