Aspergillus fumigatus, One Uninucleate Species with Disparate Offspring

Danion, François and van Rhijn, Norman and Dufour, Alexandre C. and Legendre, Rachel and Sismeiro, Odile and Varet, Hugo and Olivo-Marin, Jean-Christophe and Mouyna, Isabelle and Chamilos, Georgios and Bromley, Michael and Beauvais, Anne and Latgé, Jean-Paul (2021) Aspergillus fumigatus, One Uninucleate Species with Disparate Offspring. Journal of Fungi, 7 (1). p. 30. ISSN 2309-608X

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Abstract

Establishment of a fungal infection due to Aspergillus fumigatus relies on the efficient germination of the airborne conidia once they penetrate the respiratory tract. However, the features of conidial germination have been poorly explored and understood in this fungal species as well as in other species of filamentous fungi. We show here that the germination of A. fumigatus is asynchronous. If the nutritional environment and extensive gene deletions can modify the germination parameters for A. fumigatus, the asynchrony is maintained in all germinative conditions tested. Even though the causes for this asynchrony of conidial germination remain unknown, asynchrony is essential for the completion of the biological cycle of this filamentous fungus.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Aspergillus fumigatus; conidium; germination; asynchrony; transcriptome; aspergillosis
Subjects: STM Repository > Biological Science
Depositing User: Managing Editor
Date Deposited: 21 Mar 2024 04:13
Last Modified: 21 Mar 2024 04:13
URI: http://classical.goforpromo.com/id/eprint/1328

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