| Entry | T01090 |
| Org code | afv |
| Name | Aspergillus flavus NRRL3357 |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX:332952 |
| Lineage | Eukaryota; Fungi; Ascomycota; Eurotiomycetes; Eurotiales; Aspergillaceae; Aspergillus; Aspergillus flavus |
| Org group | Fungi; Ascomycetes; Eurotiomycetes |
| 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] |
| Data source | GenBank (Assembly: GCA_000006275.3 Scaffold) |
| Keywords | Human pathogen, Animal pathogen, Insect pathogen, Plant pathogen |
| Disease | H01328 Aspergillosis |
| 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 | PMID: 19195728 |
| 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. |
| Journal | Trends Biotechnol 27:151-7 (2009)
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2008.11.008 |
