Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – tryptoquivaline I
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Species: A. fumigatusSystematic name: Spiro[furan-2(5H),9′-[9H]imidazo[1,2-a]indole]-3′,5(2’H)-dione, 1′,3,4,9’a-tetrahydro-1′-hydroxy-2′,2′-dimethyl-4-[2-(2-methyl-1-oxopropyl)-4-oxo-3(4H)-quinazolinyl]-, (2S,4R,9’aS)-Molecular formulae: C27H26N4O6Molecular weight: 502.519Chemical abstracts number: 66180-23-2Selected references: Yamazaki, Mikio; Fujimoto, Haruhiro; Okuyama, Emi (Res. Inst. Chemobiodyn., Chiba Univ., Chiba, Japan). Chem. Pharm. Bull., 26(1), 111-17 (English) 1978.Aspergillus ribotoxins react with IgE and IgG antibodies of patients with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. KURUP VP ; KUMAR A ; KENEALY WR ; GREENBERGER PA JOURNAL OF LABORATORY AND CLINICAL MEDICINE; 123 (5). 1994. 749-756. SECONDARY METABOLITES MYCOTOXINS PRODUCED BY FUNGI COLONIZING CEREAL GRAIN IN STORAGE STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES GOLINSKI P CHELKOWSKI, J. (ED.). DEVELOPMENTS IN FOOD SCIENCE, VOL. 26. CEREAL GRAIN: MYCOTOXINS, FUNGI AND QUALITY IN DRYING AND STORAGE. XXII+607P. ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS B.V.: AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS; (DIST. IN THE USA AND CANADA BY ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHING CO., INC.: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA). ILLUS. MAPS. ISBN 0-444-88554-4.; 0 (0). 1991
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Necrotic lung tissue in culture
Af=Colony of Aspergillus fumigatus
B=bacterial colonies
L=lung tissue
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A photograph of part of the upper lung lobe of an immunosuppressed patient. The lung tissue shows extenive areas of necrosis due to invasive colonisation.
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A photograph of a cavity in the upper lobe of the lung of a patient with ankylosing spondylitis. Such cavitation,which may be confused with prior tuberculosis, can follow fibrosis.
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Plugs stained with Methenamine/silverActively growing mycelia of the fungus are a deep brown/black. Counterstaining shows the dense mucus of the plugs as predominantly orange.
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Sputum from an asthmatic patient showing plugs(casts). The development of plugs coincided with an increased prevalence and severity of episodes of asthma
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microscopic characters Conidiophore stipes(C)1300-2800um long:Vesicles(V)40-70um wide,clavate:Phialides(Ph) uniseriate:Conidia(Con)3.5-4.0um long,smooth walled.
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microscopic characters Conidiophore stipes(C)225-350um arising from hyphae(Hy):Vesicles(Ves)15-25um wide:Phialides(Ph)uniseriate:Conidia(Con)2.4-3.0um spherical to ovoid,roughened.
