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Alternaria

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Alternaria
a saprophytic fungus commonly found on the skin; also has been associated with subcutaneous infections (phaeohyphomycosis) and reputed to be one of the causes of the indeterminate syndrome of forage poisoning in farm animals. Tenuazonic acid is a toxic metabolite.


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The researchers also did skin tests to gauge sensitivity to alternaria, an allergy-causing mold in the Tucson area.
Amplification products of the expected size were produced by using DNA from Aspergillus oryzae, Alternaria alternata, Candida albicans, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Trichyphyton rubrum, Panus rudis, Neurospora crassa, Fusarium solani, Beauveria bassiana, Flammulina velutipes, Gibberella zeae, and Pleurotus ostreatus (data not shown).
 
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