• Mycobiology
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.229-237
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• 2010

Members of the genus Aspergillus are the most common fungi and all reproduce asexually by forming long chains of conidiospores (or conidia). The impact of various Aspergillus species on humans ranges from beneficial to harmful. For example, several species including Aspergillus oryzae and Aspergillus niger are used in industry for enzyme production and food processing. In contrast, Aspergillus flavus produce the most potent naturally present carcinogen aflatoxins, which contaminate various plant- and animal-based foods. Importantly, the opportunistic human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus has become the most prevalent airborne fungal pathogen in developed countries, causing invasive aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients with a high mortality rate. A. fumigatus produces a massive number of small hydrophobic conidia as the primarymeans of dispersal, survival, genome-protection, and infecting hosts. Large-scale genome-wide expression studies can now be conducted due to completion of A. fumigatus genome sequencing. However, genomics becomes more powerful and informative when combined with genetics. We have been investigating the mechanisms underlying the regulation of asexual development (conidiation) and gliotoxin biosynthesis in A. fumigatus, primarily focusing on a characterization of key developmental regulators identified in the model fungus Aspergillus nidulans. In this review, I will summarize our current understanding of how conidiation in two aspergilli is regulated.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.47-53
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• 1991

A. niger H-18 and A. fumigatus E-29 wrer selected for their strong abilities to produce cellulase. The λd numerical values of the cotton fabrics inoculated with A. niger H-18 and A. fumigatus E-29 were 580 nm for the both strains of molds. By the growth of molds, lightness, original color scale, and grey scale of the fabrics gradually decreased while chroma increased. The minimum inhibitory concentrations of mold-proofing agents, such as Leperon WL, 8-hydroxyquinoline copper acetate, trimethylol melamine and dimethyl ethylene urea was 50 ppm. Glycoxale was not effective at the above mentioned concentration. Since Leperon WL, trimethylol melamine and dimethyl ethylene urea effectively inhibited the growth of A. niger H-18 and A. fumigatus E-29, tensile strength and elongation of the fabrics were not changed. however, cotton fabrics treated with glycoxale of the fabrics were not changed. However, cotton fabrics treated with glycoxale and inoculated with A. niger H-18 and A. fumigatus E-29 showed decreased in tensile strength by 31.1% and 33.9%, respectively.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.71-74
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• 2013

Aspergillus fumigatus (A. fumigatus) is one of the most important mycotic infection in wild animals stressed by captivity and concurrent disease. A 14-year-old Carribean flamingo controlled bumble foot with antibiotics died after having dyspnea, depression, and anorexia. Necropsy findings revealed pyogranulomatous inflammations of lung and greenish gray-colored mold on air sacs. A carribean flamingo was diagnosed as pyogranulomatous pneumoniae due to A.fumigatus infection by results of lung tissue culture and microscopic examination.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.52 no.2
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• pp.84-91
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• 2021

This study was carried out to investigate the melanin synthesis inhibitory effect of Aspergillus fumigatus fermented extract. In this study, we revealed the effects of A. fumigatus fermented extract on melanin contents, mushroom tyrosinase activity, and expression levels of mRNA and proteins of melanogenesis-related gene in B16F10 melanoma cells. A. fumigatus fermented extract inhibited both melanin contents and tyrosinase activity. In addition, the expression level of mRNA or proteins of melanogenesis was down-regulated in the A. fumigatus fermented extract treated B16F10 cells with dose-dependent manner. Moreover, when the clinical test was conducted, it was confirmed that the use of the fermented extract of A. fumigatus for 8 weeks improved skin brightness 1.586 times brighter and skin melanin 1.331 times better compared to the control product. Taken together, our results suggest that A. fumigatus fermented extract has melanogenesis inhibitory effect and whitening activity, thus it showed the possibility for using as a functional whitening cosmetic resource.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.468-471
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• 1998

동물원에서 사육중인 검독수리(Aquila chrysaetos)가 구토중세를 보이다 약 111여 일간물과 사료를 절폐하였고 전신적 삭쇄, 안구에는 염증성 삼출물로 덮여 실명, 한쪽날개가 처지며 호흡곤란으로 폐사하여 부검의뢰 되었다. 부검 소견상 폐와 기낭에 회백색의 육아종 성 결절이 다수 존재하였다. 기낭은 비후되어 있었고 일부는 균사가 자라 청색을 띄는 병변도 관찰되었다. 병리조직학적으로 병변은 육아종성 괴사였으며, 병소에는 곰팡이의 균사와 소포 가 관찰되여 곰팡이성 폐렴과 기낭염이였다. 병면의 배양 결과 Aspergillus Fumigatus로 동정 되었다. 본 예는 맹금류인 검독수리에서의 Aspergillus감염 중계이다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.274-278
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• 1996

Two peptides, MA-inv AND MA-ME, with the sequence 10-17 of maganin 2 at their-N-termini were designed and synthesized. The peptides had higher antifungal activities against Aspergilus fumigatus without hemolytic activities. The minimal inhibition concentratory (MIC) values of both peptides against A. fumigatus were 5 .mu.g/ml, whereas those of the native peptides, magainin 2 and melittin, were 10.mu.g/ml. At 3 .mu.g/ml, MA-inv and MA-ME inhibited the mycelium growth of A. fumigatus by 94.6% and 97.3% respectively, whereas magainin 2 and melittin inhibited by 62.2% and 32.4, respectively. MA-inv showed up to 80% inhibition of (1, 3)-.betha.-D-glucan synthase activity of A. fumigatus. The peptides also showed up to 80% inhibition of (1, 3)-.betha.-D glucan synthase activity of A. fumigatus. The peptides also showed antifungal activities for other fungi of Aspergillus sp. However, the antibiotic activities of MA-ME against Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis and Fusarium oxysporum were more effective than those of MA-inv, suggesting that the C-terminal sequences of MA-inv and MA-ME may also influence their antibiotic activities. These results suggest that the N-terminal sequence of the designed peptides, KKFGKAFV, is important for their antifungal activities against A. fumigatus and their C- terminal sequences are related to the organism selectivity.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.195-197
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• 1996

제주도에 서식중인 흑기러기(Branta bernicla)가 식욕감퇴, 점진적인 수척, 호흡촉박 등을 나타내다 폐사하였다. 부검소견으로서는 폐 및 복부기낭에 다수의 위약한 흰색-황색 결절이, 병리조직학적검사결과 괴사병소에 균사와 Aspergillus의소포가 확인되었다. 배양결과 Aspergillus fumigatus 감염증으로 진단된 국내 최초의 보고로 생각된다.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.107-109
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• 2002

An 8-month-old ostrich (Struthio camelus) which had shown lethargy died in 2-day clinical course. Gross necropsy revealed greenish gray mold grow on the wall of thickened air sacs and multiple tiny nodules on the liver. Microscopically, the granulomatous lesions of air sac membrane, lung, and liver contained numerous septate, branching fungal hyphae. The typical conidial heads of fungi were observed in inner membrane of inflammatry thickened air sacs. This case was a chronic and systemic mycotic air sacculitis and pneumonitis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus in a ostrich at a zoo.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.252-258
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• 1985

Aspergillus niger var. macrospours, Aspergillus fumigatus, Penicillium notatum and Penicillium spinulosum were cultured under different cultural conditions. The lipids produced by these species and fatty acid compositions of lipids were investigated. The macimum lipid contents produced by each species were 17.8% for Asp. niger var. macrosporus, 31% for Asp. fumigatus, 12.6% for P. notatum and 17.5% for P. spinulosum, respectively. The major fatty acid compositions were palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid and linoleic acid. Asp. niger var. macrosporus and Asp. fumigatus were highest oleic acid during all incubation periods and P. notatum and P. spinulsum were linoleic acid. Degree of unsaturation was higher Penicillium than Aspergillus. The fatty acid compositions were changed depending on the incubation temperature, but hardly showed a certain tendency except linoleic acid and degree of unsaturation that were higher at lower temperature.

• Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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• v.48 no.1
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• pp.15-21
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• 2016

Aspergillus is the most common opportunistic fungus causing infection. Aspergillus is the most morphologically identified in the laboratory. Recently, molecular genetic methods have been proposed for identification of fungi that unidentified morphologically or identified genus level. Of 475 cases of Aspergillus isolated from clinical specimens, there were Aspergillus fumigatus 257 (54.1%), A. niger 101 (21.3%), A. flavus 43 (9.1%), A. terreus 29 (6.1%), Aspergillus nidulans 2 (0.4%), Aspergillus clavatus 1 (0.2%), and the Aspergillus species 42 (8.8%). Eleven cases of unidentified or identified at the genus level included Aspergillus fumigatus 5, Aspergillus falvus 1, Aspergillus terreus 1, and Aspergillus lentulus 1 was identified in the sequencing of the strain level. It was identified as Aspergillus versicolor 2, and Emericella parvathecia 1. 92.2% of Aspergillus was identified as a possible morphological, 8.8% could not be identified at the species level. Sequence-based molecular analysis using the ITS and D1D2 is considered useful for identification of the species level.