Biology:Fusarium acutatum

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Short description: Species of fungus

Fusarium acutatum
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Nectriaceae
Genus: Fusarium
Species:
F. acutatum
Binomial name
Fusarium acutatum
Nirenberg & O'Donnell 1998[1]

Fusarium acutatum is a fungus species of the genus Fusarium.[2][3] Fusarium acutatum can cause gangrenous necrosis on the feet from diabetic patients.[4] Fusarium acutatum produces fumonisin B1, fumonisin B2, fumonisin B3 and 8-O-Methyl-fusarubin.[5][6]

References

  1. "Fusarium acutatum Nirenberg & O'Donnell 1998 - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. http://eol.org/pages/199159/overview. Retrieved 24 November 2016. 
  2. "Fusarium acutatum". www.uniprot.org. https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/78861. Retrieved 24 November 2016. 
  3. "Fusarium acutatum". www.mycobank.org. http://www.mycobank.org/name/Fusarium%20acutatum. Retrieved 24 November 2016. 
  4. Taj-Aldeen, Saad J.; Gene, Josepa; Bozom, Issam Al; Buzina, Walter; Cano, José Francisco; Guarro, Josep (January 2006). "Gangrenous necrosis of the diabetic foot caused by Fusarium acutatum". Medical Mycology 44 (6): 547–552. doi:10.1080/13693780500543246. 
  5. Determining mycotoxins and mycotoxigenic fungi in food and feed. Burlington: Elsevier Science. 2011. ISBN 0-857-09097-6. 
  6. Yan, Jiaju Zhou, Guirong Xie, Xinjian (2011). Encyclopedia of traditional Chinese medicines molecular structures, pharmacological activities, natural sources and applications. (1st ed.). Berlin: Springer. ISBN 3-642-16747-0. 

Further reading

  • Leslie, John F.; Bullock, Brett A. Summerell ; photographs by Suzanne (2008). The Fusarium Laboratory Manual. (1st ed.). Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-470-27646-0. 
  • Desjardins, Anne E. (2006). Fusarium mycotoxins : chemistry, genetics and biology. St. Paul: APS Press. ISBN 0-890-54335-6. 

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