Fusarium proliferatum is a fungal plant pathogen infecting crops and also can affect humans as well.[3]

Fusarium proliferatum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Nectriaceae
Genus: Fusarium
Species:
F. proliferatum
Binomial name
Fusarium proliferatum
(Matsush.) Nirenberg ex Gerlach & Nirenberg (1982)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Cephalosporium proliferatum Matsush. (1971), Microfungi of the Solomon Islands and Papua-New Guinea (Osaka): 11 (1971)
  • Fusarium proliferatum (Matsush.) Nirenberg, Mitt. biol. BundAnst. Ld- u. Forstw. 169: 38 (1976)
  • Fusarium proliferatum var. minus Nirenberg, Mitt. biol. BundAnst. Ld- u. Forstw. 169: 43 (1976)

It has a worldwide distribution and has been associated with a variety of diseases in important economical crop plants, such as corn and bananas.[4][5]

It can cause a disseminated infection in immunocompromised patients,[6][7][8] The fungus can also cause an abscesses within the body where the trauma or damage is caused by a plant, such as Onychomycosis (nail infections).[9][10] The fungus was discovered in 2003 as an agent that can cause Fusarium keratitis when found within a contact lens preservation solution.[11]

References

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  1. ^ (Matsush.) Nirenberg ex Gerlach & Nirenberg, Mitt. biol. BundAnst. Ld- u. Forstw. 169: 38 (1982)
  2. ^ "Species Fungorum - GSD Species". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  3. ^ Sun, Shengtao; Lui, Qixue; Han, Lei; Ma, Qiufei; He, Siyu; Li, Xiaohua; Zhang, Hongmin; Zhang, Junjie; Liu, Xiaohui; Wang, Liya (2018). "Identification and Characterization of Fusarium proliferatum, a New Species of Fungi that Cause Fungal Keratitis". Scientific Reports. 8 (4859 (Article number:)).
  4. ^ Zhang, L.; Wang, J.; Zhang, C.; Wang, Q. (2013). "Analysis of potential fumonisin-producing Fusarium species in corn products from three main maize-producing areas in eastern China". J. Sci. Food Agric. 93: 693–701.
  5. ^ Zakaria, L.; Jamil, M.I.; Anuar, I. S. (2016). "Molecular Characterisation of Endophytic Fungi from Roots of Wild Banana (Musa acuminata)". Trop. Life Sci Res. 27: 153–162.
  6. ^ Summerbell, R.C.; Richardson, S.E.; Kane, J. (1988). "Fusarium proliferatum as an agent of disseminated infection in an immunosuppressed patient". J. Clin. Microbiol. 26: 82–87.
  7. ^ Barrios, N. J.; Kirkpatrick, D.V.; Murciano, A. (1990). "Successful treatment of disseminated Fusarium infection in an immunocompromised child". Am J. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 12: 319–324.
  8. ^ Herbrecht, MD, Raoul; Kessler, MD, Romain; Kravanja, PharmD, Christine; Meyer, PharmD, Marie-Hélène; Waller, MD, Jocelyn; Letscher-Bru, PharmD, Valérie (2004). "Successful treatment of Fusarium proliferatum pneumonia with posaconazole in a lung transplant recipient". J. Heart Lung Transplant. 23: 1451–1454. doi:10.1016/j.healun.2003.09.033.
  9. ^ Hattori, N.; Shirai, A.; Sugiura, Y.; Li, W.; Yokoyama, K.; Misawa, Y.; Okuzumi, K.; Tamaki, K. (2005). "Onychomycosis caused by Fusarium proliferatum". British Journal of Dermatology. 153: 647–649. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06692.x.
  10. ^ Palmore, T.N.; Shea, Y.R.; Childs, R.W.; Sherry, R.M.; Walsh, T.J. (2010). "Fusarium proliferatum soft tissue infection at the site of a puncture by a plant: recovery, isolation, and direct molecular identification". J. Clin. Microbiol. 48: 338–342.
  11. ^ O'Donnell, Kerry; Sarver, Brice A. J.; Brandt, Mary; Chang, Douglas C.; Noble-Wang, Judith; Park, Benjamin J.; Sutton, Deanna A.; Benjamin, Lynette; Lindsley, Mark; Padhye, Arvind; Geiser, David M.; Ward, Todd J. (2007). "Phylogenetic diversity and microsphere array-based Genotyping of human pathogenic Fusaria, including isolates from the multistate contact lens-associated U.S. keratitis outbreaks of 2005 and 2006". J. Clin. Microbiol. 45: 2235–2248. doi:10.1128/jcm.00533-07. PMC 1933018.
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