Aspergillus fumigatus, One Uninucleate Species with Disparate Offspring

François Danion, Norman van van Rhijn, Alexandre C Dufour, Rachel Legendre, Odile Sismeiro, Hugo Varet, Jean-Christophe Olivo-Marin, Isabelle Mouyna, Georgios Chamilos, Michael Bromley, Anne Beauvais, Jean-Paul Latgé

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Abstract

Establishment of a fungal infection due to Aspergillus fumigatus relies on the efficient germination of the airborne conidia once they penetrate the respiratory tract. However, the features of conidial germination have been poorly explored and understood in this fungal species as well as in other species of filamentous fungi. We show here that the germination of A. fumigatus is asynchronous. If the nutritional environment and extensive gene deletions can modify the germination parameters for A. fumigatus, the asynchrony is maintained in all germinative conditions tested. Even though the causes for this asynchrony of conidial germination remain unknown, asynchrony is essential for the completion of the biological cycle of this filamentous fungus.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Fungi
Volume7
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Jan 2021

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