Eurotium repen

All Eurotium species are xerphilic. E. Repen are one of important spoilage moulds in all types of stored commodities like stored grains, spices, nuts and animal feeds.An ascomycete characterized by whitish to bright yellow spherical fruiting bodies (cleistothecia) containing spherical asci which in turn each enclose eight colourless ascospores.

Characteristics
Shape and Size
conidiophores mostly 150 to 300 µm in length, 5 to 8 µm at the base
Genome Information
Aspergillus cristatus strain GZAAS20.1005, linear DNA, GenBank: JXNT00000000.1, Size 28.45Mb, GC% 0.0, Protein 10,344, Gene 10,344 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/JXNT00000000.1
Food Source
Rye bread
Pathological Factor
Eurotium chevalieri And E. amstelodami have been reported to produce toxic alkaloid metabolites called echinulin and enoechinulins.
Disease
central nervous system aspergillosis
Symptoms
Headache, cranial or somatic nerve weakness or paresthesia, mental changes, seizures, and hemiparesis
Affected Body Organs
CNS

Classification
Kingdom Fungi
Division Ascomycota
lass Eurotiomycetes
Order Eurotiales
Family Trichocomaceae
Genus Eurotium
Species E. repen