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Aspergillus fumigatus, One Uninucleate Species with Disparate Offspring

Authors :
François Danion
Norman van Rhijn
Alexandre C. Dufour
Rachel Legendre
Odile Sismeiro
Hugo Varet
Jean-Christophe Olivo-Marin
Isabelle Mouyna
Georgios Chamilos
Michael Bromley
Anne Beauvais
Jean-Paul Latgé
Source :
Journal of Fungi, Vol 7, Iss 1, p 30 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2021.

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.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2309608X
Volume :
7
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Journal of Fungi
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.40fe3112c78144a88099ee968685167a
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7010030