| Title: | The genus Wallemia - from contamination of food to health threat |
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| Authors: | ID Zajc, Janja (Author)
ID Gunde-Cimerman, Nina (Author) |
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| Files: |  URL - Source URL, visit http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/6/2/46
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MD5: CA3C0526A956D2F99088EB7C4B2C718D
URL - Source URL, visit https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms6020046
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.02 - Review Article |
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| Organization: |  NIB - National Institute of Biology
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| Abstract: | The fungal genus Wallemia of the order Wallemiales (Wallemiomycotina, Basidiomycota) comprises the most xerotolerant, xerophilic and also halophilic species worldwide. Wallemia spp. are found in various osmotically challenged environments, such as dry, salted, or highly sugared foods, dry feed, hypersaline waters of solar salterns, salt crystals, indoor and outdoor air, and agriculture aerosols. Recently, eight species were recognized for the genus Wallemia, among which four are commonly associated with foods: W. sebi, W. mellicola, W. muriae and W. ichthyophaga. To date, only strains of W. sebi, W. mellicola and W. muriae have been reported to be related to human health problems, as either allergological conditions (e.g., farmer’s lung disease) or rare subcutaneous/cutaneous infections. Therefore, this allergological and infective potential, together with the toxins that the majority of Wallemia spp. produce even under saline conditions, defines these fungi as filamentous food-borne pathogenic fungi. |
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| Keywords: | food, air, pathogen, xerophile, halophile, mycotoxin, farmerʼs lung disease, subcutaneous infection |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 21.05.2018 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2018 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 1-10 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 6, iss. 2 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-20134  |
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| UDC: | 579 |
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| ISSN on article: | 2076-2607 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/microorganisms6020046 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 4702287 |
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| Note: | Nasl. z nasl. zaslona;
Opis vira z dne 25. 5. 2018;
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 06.08.2024 |
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