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*Common laboratory contaminants
 
[[Image:Aspergillus cleistothecia.jpg|thumb|right|200px|'''Aspergillus cleistothecia''' Professor Andrew N. Rycroft, BSc, PHD, C. Biol.F.I.Biol., FRCPath]]
 
 
 
*Widely found in nature
 
**Colonise a wide range of substrates under different environmental conditions
 
**Abundant in hay, straw and grain which have heated during storage
 
 
 
*Pathogenic species include ''Aspergillus fumigatus, A. flavus, A. nidulans, A.niger'' and ''A. terreus''
 
 
 
*May cause primary or secondary disease
 
**Infection may be acute, chronic or benign
 
 
 
Produces [[Mycotoxins|Aflatoxin]]
 
 
 
Causes [[Aspergillosis]]
 
 
 
[[Category:Systemic_Mycoses]]
 
[[Category:To_Do_-_Fungi]]
 

Revision as of 16:01, 31 January 2007

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