Aspergillus clavatus

It is found in soil and decomposing plant materials and is easily recognizable by its large blue-green club-shaped heads. It is especially common in malting barley

Organism Details:
Shape and Size
Conidia dimensions: 2-3.5 microns.
Genome Information
Aspergillus clavatus has linear DNA..(updated soon)
Food Source
Pathological Factor
The organism produces patulin, cytochalasins and the tremorgenic mycotoxins tryptoquivaline, tryptoquivalone and related compounds. A. clavatus is a recognized health hazard to workers in the malting industry. Inhalation of large numbers of highly allergenic spores can cause respiratory diseases such as bronchitis, emphyema or malt worker s lung, a serious occupational extrinsic allergic alveolitis.
Disease
Affected Body Organs
Classification
Kingdom Fungi
Division Ascomycota
Class Eurotiomycetes
Order Eurotiales
Family Trichocomaceae
Genus Aspergillus
Species A. Clavatus