Entry
Org code
afv
Name
Aspergillus flavus NRRL3357
Annotation
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Taxonomy
Lineage
Eukaryota; Fungi; Dikarya; Ascomycota; Pezizomycotina; Eurotiomycetes; Eurotiomycetidae; Eurotiales; Aspergillaceae; Aspergillus; Aspergillus subgen. Circumdati
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Brite
KEGG organisms [BR:br08601 ]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610 ]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611 ]
KEGG organisms: fungi [BR:br08614 ]
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Data source
Keywords
Human pathogen, Animal pathogen, Insect pathogen, Plant pathogen
Disease
Comment
Common saprophyte.
Produces a whole array of secondary metabolites in addition to aflatoxins.
Pan-kingdom pathogen capable of causing serious diseases in plants, insects and vertebrates.
Capable of degrading numerous complex organic polymers.
Statistics
Number of protein genes: 14313
Created
2009
Reference
Authors
Cleveland TE, Yu J, Fedorova N, Bhatnagar D, Payne GA, Nierman WC, Bennett JW
Title
Potential of Aspergillus flavus genomics for applications in biotechnology.
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