The Genus Wallemia—From Contamination of Food to Health Threat
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, hype...
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-33062e5e24db485c8234f732c77a852f2022-12-21T19:37:45ZengMDPI AGMicroorganisms2076-26072018-05-01624610.3390/microorganisms6020046microorganisms6020046The Genus Wallemia—From Contamination of Food to Health ThreatJanja Zajc0Nina Gunde-Cimerman1National Institute of Biology, Večna pot 111, SI-1000 Ljubljana, SloveniaBiology Department, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1000 Ljubljana, SloveniaThe 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.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/6/2/46Wallemiafoodairpathogenxerophilehalophilemycotoxinfarmer’s lung diseasesubcutaneous infection |
| spellingShingle | Janja Zajc Nina Gunde-Cimerman The Genus Wallemia—From Contamination of Food to Health Threat Microorganisms Wallemia food air pathogen xerophile halophile mycotoxin farmer’s lung disease subcutaneous infection |
| title | The Genus Wallemia—From Contamination of Food to Health Threat |
| title_full | The Genus Wallemia—From Contamination of Food to Health Threat |
| title_fullStr | The Genus Wallemia—From Contamination of Food to Health Threat |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Genus Wallemia—From Contamination of Food to Health Threat |
| title_short | The Genus Wallemia—From Contamination of Food to Health Threat |
| title_sort | genus wallemia from contamination of food to health threat |
| topic | Wallemia food air pathogen xerophile halophile mycotoxin farmer’s lung disease subcutaneous infection |
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