Molecular investigation of Gamma irradiated Cladosporium herbarum and Trichoderma viride

The allergens of Cladosporium herbarum and Alternaria alternata.

NADP-dependent mannitol dehydrogenase, a major allergen of Cladosporium herbarum.

Cladosporium herbarum is an important allergenic fungal species that has been reported to cause allergic diseases in nearly all climatic zones. 5-30% of the allergic population displays IgE antibodies against molds. Sensitization to Cladosporium has often been associated with severe asthma and less frequently with chronic urticaria and atopic eczema. However, no dominant major allergen of this ...

Biodiversity in the Cladosporium herbarum complex (Davidiellaceae, Capnodiales), with standardisation of methods for Cladosporium taxonomy and diagnostics

The Cladosporium herbarum complex comprises five species for which Davidiella teleomorphs are known. Cladosporium herbarum s. str. (D. tassiana), C. macrocarpum (D. macrocarpa) and C. bruhnei (D. allicina) are distinguishable by having conidia of different width, and by teleomorph characters. Davidiella variabile is introduced as teleomorph of C. variabile, a homothallic species occurring on Sp...

A morphological and molecular perspective of Trichoderma viride: is it one or two species?

Trichoderma (Ascomycetes, Hypocreales) strains that have warted conidia are traditionally identified as T. viride, the type species of Trichoderma. However, two morphologically distinct types of conidial warts (I and II) have been found. Because each type corresponds to a unique mitochondrial DNA pattern, it has been questioned whether T. viride comprises more than one species. Combined molecul...

Suppression of Pratylenchus penetrans and Tylenchorhynchus dubius by Trichoderma viride.

Trichoderma spp. are common soil fungi which influence tile development of plant-pathogenic fungi in the soil (1, 8). Yang et al. (9) found that T. harzianum influenced the severity of Fusarium wilt of cotton in the presence of Meloidogyne incognita. We report herein that the survival of two other plant-parasitic nematodes also was influenced by addit ion of cornminuted cultures of Trichoderrna...