Increased Production of Pathogenic, Airborne Fungal Spores upon Exposure of a Soil Mycobiota to Chlorinated Aromatic Hydrocarbon Pollutants

Increased Production of Pathogenic, Airborne Fungal Spores upon Exposure of a Soil Mycobiota to Chlorinated Aromatic Hydrocarbon Pollutants

ABSTRACT Organic pollutants are omnipresent and can penetrate all environmental niches. We evaluated the hypothesis that short-term (acute) exposure to aromatic hydrocarbon pollutants could increase the potential for fungal virulence. Specifically, we analyzed whether pentachlorophenol and triclosan...

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Main Authors: Celso Martins, Daryna Piontkivska, Dalila Mil-Homens, Paula Guedes, João M. P. Jorge, João Brinco, Cátia Bárria, Ariana C. F. Santos, Ricardo Barras, Cecília Arraiano, Arsénio Fialho, Gustavo H. Goldman, Cristina Silva Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-08-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
Aspergillus fumigatus
Galleria mellonella infection model
organic pollution
soil mycobiota
fungal virulence
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00667-23

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