Species/Subspecies: Fusarium verticillioides
Categories: Toxic for animals; toxic for humans; spoilage organism
Etymology: Genus name: spindle.
Species epithet: ?
Alternative Species Name(s):Fusarium moniliforme
Significance:F. verticillioides is an important pathogen of maize.
  [Unclassified]   
Geographic distribution: Occurs throughout the world, but preferably in humid, tropical and subtropical areas.
Taxonomy:
PhylumClassOrderFamilyGenus
AscomycotaSordariomycetesHypocrealesNectriaceaeFusarium
 
Macromorphology (smell):
Fusarium verticillioides 
Colonies can cover an entire PDA plate after one week of incubation and are white to pale salmon red.
Micromorphology:
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The macroconidia are slender, almost straight and 40-50 µm long. The microconidia are 7-10 µm long and are produced in chains from phialid cells, which are monophialids. I.e. the microconidia are formed only from one opening in the phialid cell.
Reproduction:
Spec. Char.:
Disease/effect:
Virulence Factors: Fumonisins (mycotoxins), which are carcinogenic
Genome Sequence:
ACC-No GenBankStrain/Isolate# of chromSize (Mbp)Ref
GCA_003316975 BRIP14953 11 42.5 # 82

ITS regions:
ACC-No GenBankStrain/IsolateNumber of NTGenes
KU872822 AFIC16 1144 18S rRNA, ITS 1, 5.8S rRNA, ITS 2, 28S rRNA 

Taxonomy/phylogeny:
Reference(s): No. 81
Updated:2022-11-09

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