cladosporium

Summary

Summary: A mitosporic Loculoascomycetes fungal genus including some economically important plant parasites. Teleomorphs include Mycosphaerella and Venturia.

Top Publications

  1. ncbi [Occurrence of fungal pathogens in the delivery rooms of a hospital obstetrics department]
    Katarzyna Krajewska
    Pracownia Mikologiczna, , AM w Bialystoku
    Ginekol Pol 75:451-6. 2004
  2. ncbi Evaluating fungal populations by genera/species on wide body commercial passenger aircraft and in airport terminals
    Lauralynn Taylor McKernan
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
    Ann Occup Hyg 51:281-91. 2007
  3. ncbi Antifungal activity of essential oils against filamentous fungi determined by broth microdilution and vapour contact methods
    V Tullio
    Department of Public Health and Microbiology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
    J Appl Microbiol 102:1544-50. 2007
  4. ncbi The Cladosporium fulvum virulence protein Avr2 inhibits host proteases required for basal defense
    H Peter van Esse
    Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, 6709 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Plant Cell 20:1948-63. 2008
  5. ncbi The chitin-binding Cladosporium fulvum effector protein Avr4 is a virulence factor
    H Peter van Esse
    Laboratory of Phytopathology, Centre for BioSystems Genomics CBSG, Wageningen University, Binnenhaven 5, 6709 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Mol Plant Microbe Interact 20:1092-101. 2007
  6. ncbi Cladosporium Avr2 inhibits tomato Rcr3 protease required for Cf-2-dependent disease resistance
    Henrietta C E Rooney
    Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
    Science 308:1783-6. 2005
  7. ncbi Allelic variation in the effector genes of the tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum reveals different modes of adaptive evolution
    Ioannis Stergiopoulos
    Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Binnenhaven 5, 6709 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Mol Plant Microbe Interact 20:1271-83. 2007
  8. ncbi K+ channels of Cf-9 transgenic tobacco guard cells as targets for Cladosporium fulvum Avr9 elicitor-dependent signal transduction
    M R Blatt
    Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Wye College, University of London, Wye, Kent, UK
    Plant J 19:453-62. 1999
  9. ncbi Vacuolar serine protease is a major allergen of Cladosporium cladosporioides
    Hong Chou
    Department of Medical Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 146:277-86. 2008
  10. ncbi Cladosporium fulvum overcomes Cf-2-mediated resistance by producing truncated AVR2 elicitor proteins
    Rianne Luderer
    Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Mol Microbiol 45:875-84. 2002

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Publications227 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi [Occurrence of fungal pathogens in the delivery rooms of a hospital obstetrics department]
    Katarzyna Krajewska
    Pracownia Mikologiczna, , AM w Bialystoku
    Ginekol Pol 75:451-6. 2004
    ..non-Candida albicans, Penicillium species, Cladosporium species and Aspergillus species. CONCLUSIONS: 1...
  2. ncbi Evaluating fungal populations by genera/species on wide body commercial passenger aircraft and in airport terminals
    Lauralynn Taylor McKernan
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
    Ann Occup Hyg 51:281-91. 2007
    ..A frequency analysis of the fungal data indicated that Cladosporium, Aspergillus and Penicillium were predominant genera in the culturable samples whereas Cladosporium, ..
  3. ncbi Antifungal activity of essential oils against filamentous fungi determined by broth microdilution and vapour contact methods
    V Tullio
    Department of Public Health and Microbiology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
    J Appl Microbiol 102:1544-50. 2007
    ..The in vitro activity of some essential oils (EO) (thyme red, fennel, clove, pine, sage, lemon balm and lavender) against clinical and environmental fungal strains was determined...
  4. ncbi The Cladosporium fulvum virulence protein Avr2 inhibits host proteases required for basal defense
    H Peter van Esse
    Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, 6709 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Plant Cell 20:1948-63. 2008
    b>Cladosporium fulvum (syn. Passalora fulva) is a biotrophic fungal pathogen that causes leaf mold of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)...
  5. ncbi The chitin-binding Cladosporium fulvum effector protein Avr4 is a virulence factor
    H Peter van Esse
    Laboratory of Phytopathology, Centre for BioSystems Genomics CBSG, Wageningen University, Binnenhaven 5, 6709 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Mol Plant Microbe Interact 20:1092-101. 2007
    The biotrophic fungal pathogen Cladosporium fulvum (syn. Passalora fulva) is the causal agent of tomato leaf mold. The Avr4 protein belongs to a set of effectors that is secreted by C...
  6. ncbi Cladosporium Avr2 inhibits tomato Rcr3 protease required for Cf-2-dependent disease resistance
    Henrietta C E Rooney
    Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
    Science 308:1783-6. 2005
    ..During infection, Cladosporium fulvum secretes Avr2 protein into the apoplast of tomato leaves and, in the presence of the extracellular ..
  7. ncbi Allelic variation in the effector genes of the tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum reveals different modes of adaptive evolution
    Ioannis Stergiopoulos
    Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Binnenhaven 5, 6709 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Mol Plant Microbe Interact 20:1271-83. 2007
    ..variation in four avirulence (Avr) and four extracellular protein (Ecp)-encoding genes of the tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum was analyzed for a worldwide collection of strains...
  8. ncbi K+ channels of Cf-9 transgenic tobacco guard cells as targets for Cladosporium fulvum Avr9 elicitor-dependent signal transduction
    M R Blatt
    Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Wye College, University of London, Wye, Kent, UK
    Plant J 19:453-62. 1999
    ..The protein confers resistance in tomato to races of the fungus Cladosporium fulvum expressing the corresponding avirulence gene Avr9...
  9. ncbi Vacuolar serine protease is a major allergen of Cladosporium cladosporioides
    Hong Chou
    Department of Medical Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 146:277-86. 2008
    b>Cladosporium is an important allergenic fungus worldwide. We report here a major allergen of C. cladosporioides.
  10. ncbi Cladosporium fulvum overcomes Cf-2-mediated resistance by producing truncated AVR2 elicitor proteins
    Rianne Luderer
    Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Mol Microbiol 45:875-84. 2002
    The Cf-2 gene of tomato confers resistance to strains of the biotrophic pathogenic fungus Cladosporium fulvum carrying avirulence gene Avr2...
  11. ncbi Quantitative phosphoproteomics of tomato mounting a hypersensitive response reveals a swift suppression of photosynthetic activity and a differential role for hsp90 isoforms
    Iris J E Stulemeijer
    Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, 6709 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands
    J Proteome Res 8:1168-82. 2009
    ..of phosphorylation cascades, when challenged with the Avr4 elicitor secreted by the pathogenic fungus Cladosporium fulvum...
  12. ncbi Binding of the AVR4 elicitor of Cladosporium fulvum to chitotriose units is facilitated by positive allosteric protein-protein interactions: the chitin-binding site of AVR4 represents a novel binding site on the folding scaffold shared between the inverte
    Harrold A van den Burg
    Laboratorie of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, NL-6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
    J Biol Chem 279:16786-96. 2004
    ..Current data confirm that the race-specific elicitor AVR4 of the tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum can protect fungi against plant chitinases, which is based on the presence of a novel type of ChBD in ..
  13. ncbi Apple contains receptor-like genes homologous to the Cladosporium fulvum resistance gene family of tomato with a cluster of genes cosegregating with Vf apple scab resistance
    B A Vinatzer
    Dipartimento di Colture Arboree, University of Bologna, Italy
    Mol Plant Microbe Interact 14:508-15. 2001
    ..We report the identification of a cluster of receptor-like genes with homology to the Cladosporium fulvum (Cf) resistance gene family of tomato on bacterial artificial chromosome clones derived from the Vf scab ..
  14. ncbi Tomato mitogen-activated protein kinases LeMPK1, LeMPK2, and LeMPK3 are activated during the Cf-4/Avr4-induced hypersensitive response and have distinct phosphorylation specificities
    Iris J E Stulemeijer
    Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Plant Physiol 144:1481-94. 2007
    Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) plants with the Cf-4 resistance gene recognize strains of the pathogenic fungus Cladosporium fulvum that secrete the avirulence protein Avr4...
  15. ncbi From Guard to Decoy: a new model for perception of plant pathogen effectors
    Renier A L van der Hoorn
    Plant Chemetics Lab, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany
    Plant Cell 20:2009-17. 2008
    ..We discuss the differences between the Guard and Decoy Models and their variants, hypothesize how decoys might have evolved, and suggest ways to challenge the Decoy Model...
  16. ncbi Recognitional specificity and evolution in the tomato-Cladosporium fulvum pathosystem
    B B H Wulff
    Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes IBMP CNRS, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg, France
    Mol Plant Microbe Interact 22:1191-202. 2009
    ..In the tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum syn. Solanum lycopersicum)-Cladosporium fulvum (leaf mold fungus syn...
  17. ncbi Hourly predictive artificial neural network and multivariate regression tree models of Alternaria and Cladosporium spore concentrations in Szczecin (Poland)
    Agnieszka Grinn-Gofron
    Department of Plant Taxonomy and Phytogeography, University of Szczecin, Waska 13, 71 415 Szczecin, Poland
    Int J Biometeorol 53:555-62. 2009
    ..The spores analysed belonged to the taxa Alternaria and Cladosporium. These spores were selected both for their allergenic capacity and for their high level presence in the ..
  18. ncbi No evidence for binding between resistance gene product Cf-9 of tomato and avirulence gene product AVR9 of Cladosporium fulvum
    R Luderer
    Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
    Mol Plant Microbe Interact 14:867-76. 2001
    ..studies between the R gene product Cf-9 of tomato and the Avr gene product AVR9 of the pathogenic fungus Cladosporium fulvum...
  19. ncbi Benzoic acid derivatives from Piper species and their fungitoxic activity against Cladosporium cladosporioides and C. sphaerospermum
    Joao Henrique G Lago
    Instituto de Quimica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, C P 26077 05599 970, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
    J Nat Prod 67:1783-8. 2004
    ..The antifungal activity of these compounds was evaluated by bioautographic TLC assay against Cladosporium cladosporioides and C. sphaerospermum.
  20. ncbi An endophytic taxol-producing fungus from Taxus media, Cladosporium cladosporioides MD2
    Peng Zhang
    Institute of Resource Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
    Curr Microbiol 59:227-32. 2009
    ..Strain MD2 was identified as Cladosporium cladosporioides according to morphology of the fungal culture, characteristics of the spores, and analysis of ..
  21. ncbi Edible dates (Phoenix dactylifera), a potential source of Cladosporium cladosporioides and Sporobolomyces roseus: implications for public health
    John E Moore
    Department of Bacteriology, Belfast City Hospital, Northern Ireland
    Mycopathologia 154:25-8. 2002
    ..8S-28S rRNA ITS region. Sequence analysis identified these to be Cladosporium cladosporioides (230 cfu/g) and Sporobolomyces roseus...
  22. ncbi Silencing of six hydrophobins in Cladosporium fulvum: complexities of simultaneously targeting multiple genes
    Helene Lacroix
    Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
    Appl Environ Microbiol 75:542-6. 2009
    ..and expressed inverted repeat chimeras from the first exons of the six known hydrophobins of the fungus Cladosporium fulvum, the causal agent of tomato leaf mold...
  23. ncbi Localization of Cladosporium fulvum hydrophobins reveals a role for HCf-6 in adhesion
    Helene Lacroix
    Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
    FEMS Microbiol Lett 286:136-44. 2008
    ..The tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum has six hydrophobin genes, HCf-1 to -6...
  24. ncbi The hydrophobin HCf-1 of Cladosporium fulvum is required for efficient water-mediated dispersal of conidia
    J R Whiteford
    Department of Biology, Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, London, United Kingdom
    Fungal Genet Biol 32:159-68. 2001
    Six hydrophobin genes (HCf-1 to -6) have thus far been identified in the tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum. HCf-1 to -4 are Class I hydrophobins and HCf-5 and -6 are Class II hydrophobins...
  25. ncbi High humidity represses Cf-4/Avr4- and Cf-9/Avr9-dependent hypersensitive cell death and defense gene expression
    Changchun Wang
    Institute of Biotechnology and Department of Plant Protection, Zhejiang University, 258 Kai Xuan Road, Hangzhou, 310029, People's Republic of China
    Planta 222:947-56. 2005
    ..The pathosystem of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) and its leaf mold fungal pathogen Cladosporium fulvum is a model system to study gene-for-gene resistance...
  26. ncbi Attenuation of Cf-mediated defense responses at elevated temperatures correlates with a decrease in elicitor-binding sites
    Camiel F de Jong
    Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
    Mol Plant Microbe Interact 15:1040-9. 2002
    The interaction between the fungal pathogen Cladosporium fulvum and its only host, tomato, is a well-described gene-for-gene system and several resistance (Cf) genes of tomato and matching fungal avirulence (Avr) genes have been ..
  27. ncbi An NB-LRR protein required for HR signalling mediated by both extra- and intracellular resistance proteins
    Suzan H E J Gabriëls
    Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Binnenhaven 5, 6709 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Plant J 50:14-28. 2007
    ..resistance genes confer hypersensitive response (HR)-associated resistance to strains of the pathogenic fungus Cladosporium fulvum that express the matching avirulence (Avr) gene...
  28. ncbi Cladosporium fulvum circumvents the second functional resistance gene homologue at the Cf-4 locus (Hcr9-4E ) by secretion of a stable avr4E isoform
    Nienke Westerink
    Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Binnenhaven 5, 6709PD Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Mol Microbiol 54:533-45. 2004
    ..MM-Cf0) has resulted in the near-isogenic line MM-Cf4 that confers resistance to the fungal tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum. At the Cf-4 locus, five homologues of Cladosporium resistance gene Cf-9 (Hcr9s) are present...
  29. ncbi The nitrogen content of the tomato leaf apoplast increases during infection by Cladosporium fulvum
    P S Solomon
    Department of Physiology, Carlsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen Valby, Denmark
    Planta 213:241-9. 2001
    ..of phyto-pathogenic fungi growing in planta, the environment for the intercellular biotrophic pathogen, Cladosporium fulvum Cooke, of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) was analysed...
  30. ncbi Isolation and characterisation of five different hydrophobin-encoding cDNAs from the fungal tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum
    G C Segers
    Carlsberg Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Copenhagen Valby, Denmark
    Mol Gen Genet 261:644-52. 1999
    Five different hydrophobin-encoding cDNA clones from Cladosporium fulvum were isolated from cDNA libraries, made from nutrient-depleted mycelium. One cDNA clone was identical to the previously isolated hydrophobin HCf-1...
  31. ncbi Molecular interactions between tomato and the leaf mold pathogen Cladosporium fulvum
    Susana Rivas
    Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Microorganismes, UMR CNRS INRA 2594, BP 52627, 31326 Castanet Tolosan Cedex, France
    Annu Rev Phytopathol 43:395-436. 2005
    The interaction between tomato and the leaf mold pathogen Cladosporium fulvum is controlled in a gene-for-gene manner...
  32. ncbi Disulfide bond structure of the AVR9 elicitor of the fungal tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum: evidence for a cystine knot
    H W Van den Hooven
    Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Biochemistry 40:3458-66. 2001
    ..The AVR9 elicitor from the fungus Cladosporium fulvum induces defense responses in tomato plants carrying the Cf-9 resistance gene...
  33. ncbi Four or more species of Cladosporium sympatrically colonize Phragmites australis
    Stefan G R Wirsel
    , Fachbereich Biologie, , , Konstanz, 78457, Germany
    Fungal Genet Biol 35:99-113. 2002
    A collection of Cladosporium has been recovered from common reed growing at Lake Constance (Germany). High-resolution cryo-scanning electron microscopy revealed that Cladosporium isolates from reed are diverse...
  34. ncbi Natural disulfide bond-disrupted mutants of AVR4 of the tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum are sensitive to proteolysis, circumvent Cf-4-mediated resistance, but retain their chitin binding ability
    Harrold A van den Burg
    Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
    J Biol Chem 278:27340-6. 2003
    The extracellular AVR4 elicitor of the pathogenic fungus Cladosporium fulvum induces defense responses in the tomato genotype Cf-4...
  35. ncbi Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by Cladosporium sphaerospermum isolated from an aged PAH contaminated soil
    Olivier Potin
    , 50 rue Ferdinand Buisson, BP 699, , France
    FEMS Microbiol Ecol 51:71-8. 2004
    The ability of a Deuteromycete fungus, Cladosporium sphaerospermum, previously isolated from soil of an aged gas manufacturing plant, to degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons was investigated...
  36. ncbi Alcohol oxidase is a novel pathogenicity factor for Cladosporium fulvum, but aldehyde dehydrogenase is dispensable
    G Segers
    Department of Physiology, Carlsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen Valby, Denmark
    Mol Plant Microbe Interact 14:367-77. 2001
    ..These results identify alcohol oxidase as a novel pathogenicity factor and are discussed in relation to peroxisomal metabolism of fungal pathogens during growth in planta...
  37. ncbi The vacuolar serine protease, a cross-reactive allergen from Cladosporium herbarum
    Verena Pöll
    Dept of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
    Mol Immunol 46:1360-73. 2009
    ..a common phenomenon within fungal species we wanted to know whether this protein also represents an allergen in Cladosporium herbarum. Hence, a screening of a C...
  38. ncbi Detection and quantification of Cladosporium in aerosols by real-time PCR
    Qing-Yin Zeng
    National Institute for Working Life, SE-90713, Ume, Sweden
    J Environ Monit 8:153-60. 2006
    b>Cladosporium is one of the most common airborne molds found in indoor and outdoor environments...
  39. ncbi Metulocladosporiella gen. nov. for the causal organism of Cladosporium speckle disease of banana
    Pedro W Crous
    Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Mycol Res 110:264-75. 2006
    b>Cladosporium musae, a widespread leaf-spotting hyphomycete on Musa spp., is genetically and morphologically distinct from Cladosporium s. str. (Davidiella anamorphs, Mycosphaerellaceae, Dothideales)...
  40. ncbi [Destruction of radioactive particles by strains of Cladosporium cladosporoides (FRES.) de Vries]
    N N Zhdanova
    Institute of Microbiology and Virology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 154 Zabolotny St, Kyiv, 03143, Ukraine
    Mikrobiol Z 64:47-56. 2002
    Reactions on the ionizing radiation of 14 Cladosporium cladosporioides strains were studied. Only 5 of them displayed radiotropizm. The ability of C. cladosporioides strains 4 and 5 with positive radiotropizm and museum C...
  41. ncbi Purification and characterization of a new enzyme, N-alkylglycine oxidase from Cladosporium sp. G-10
    K Gomi
    Research and Development Division, Kikkoman Corporation, Chiba, Japan
    Biochim Biophys Acta 1429:439-45. 1999
    A new enzyme, N-alkylglycine oxidase, was isolated from a soil mold, Cladosporium sp. G-10...
  42. ncbi Affinity-tags are removed from Cladosporium fulvum effector proteins expressed in the tomato leaf apoplast
    H Peter van Esse
    Laboratory of Phytopathology, Centre for Biosystems Genomics (CBSG, Wageningen University, Binnenhaven 5, 6709 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands
    J Exp Bot 57:599-608. 2006
    b>Cladosporium fulvum (syn. Passalora fulva) is a biotrophic fungal pathogen that causes leaf mould on tomato (Solanum esculentum)...
  43. ncbi Molecular characterization of four chitinase cDNAs obtained from Cladosporium fulvum-infected tomato
    N Danhash
    Agricultural University, Department of Phytopathology, Wageningen, Netherlands
    Plant Mol Biol 22:1017-29. 1993
    Complementary DNA clones encoding acidic and basic isoforms of tomato chitinases were isolated from Cladosporium fulvum-infected leaves...
  44. ncbi The race-specific elicitor AVR9 of the tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum: a cystine knot protein. Sequence-specific 1H NMR assignments, secondary structure and global fold of the protein
    J Vervoort
    Department of Biochemistry, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands
    FEBS Lett 404:153-8. 1997
    The secondary structure and global fold of the AVR9 elicitor protein of Cladosporium fulvum has been determined by 2D NMR and distance-geometry protocols...
  45. ncbi New macrolides and furan carboxylic acid derivative from the sponge-derived fungus Cladosporium herbarum
    R Jadulco
    , , , , Germany
    J Nat Prod 64:527-30. 2001
    Bioassay-guided fractionation of organic extracts of Cladosporium herbarum, isolated from the marine sponge Callyspongia aerizusa, yielded two new macrolide metabolites: pandangolide 3 and 4 (1 and 2) and the known fungal metabolites ..
  46. ncbi Case report. Isolation of Cladosporium cladosporioides from cerebrospinal fluid
    A S Kantarcioglu
    Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, and Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures CBS, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Mycoses 45:500-3. 2002
    b>Cladosporium cladosporioides was isolated from three subsequent cerebrospinal fluid specimens and from a brain biopsy specimen of a human patient. Susceptibility testing of the isolate was performed against seven antifungal agents.
  47. ncbi Cladosporium fulvum Avr4 protects fungal cell walls against hydrolysis by plant chitinases accumulating during infection
    Harrold A van den Burg
    Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 3, NL-6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Mol Plant Microbe Interact 19:1420-30. 2006
    Resistance against the leaf mold fungus Cladosporium fulvum is mediated by the tomato Cf proteins which belong to the class of receptor-like proteins and indirectly recognize extracellular avirulence proteins (Avrs) of the fungus...
  48. ncbi The novel Cladosporium fulvum lysin motif effector Ecp6 is a virulence factor with orthologues in other fungal species
    Melvin D Bolton
    Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Binnenhaven 5, Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Mol Microbiol 69:119-36. 2008
    During tomato leaf colonization, the biotrophic fungus Cladosporium fulvum secretes several effector proteins into the apoplast...
  49. ncbi Identification and Ds-tagged isolation of a new gene at the Cf-4 locus of tomato involved in disease resistance to Cladosporium fulvum race 5
    F L Takken
    Department of Genetics, BioCentrum Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
    Plant J 14:401-11. 1998
    Leaf mould disease in tomato is caused by the biotrophic fungus Cladosporium fulvum. An Ac/Ds targeted transposon tagging strategy was used to isolate the gene conferring resistance to race 5 of C...
  50. ncbi Variation assessment of airborne Alternaria and Cladosporium spores at different bioclimatical conditions
    F Javier Rodríguez-Rajo
    Department of Plant Biology and Soil Sciences, University of Vigo, Campus As Lagoas, Polytechnic Building, E 32004 Ourense, Spain
    Mycol Res 109:497-507. 2005
    ..In this way monitoring of Cladosporium cladosporioides, C. herbarum and Alternaria spp...
  51. ncbi The allergens of Cladosporium herbarum and Alternaria alternata
    Michael Breitenbach
    Department of Genetics and General Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
    Chem Immunol 81:48-72. 2002
  52. ncbi Differential accumulation of mRNAs encoding extracellular and intracellular PR proteins in tomato induced by virulent and avirulent races of Cladosporium fulvum
    J A van Kan
    Agricultural University, Department of Phytopathology, Wageningen, Netherlands
    Plant Mol Biol 20:513-27. 1992
    Tomato leaves infected by the fungal pathogen Cladosporium fulvum contain several types of intracellular and extracellular pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins...
  53. ncbi Toluene monooxygenase from the fungus Cladosporium sphaerospermum
    Dion M A M Luykx
    Division of Industrial Microbiology, Wageningen University, PO Box 8129, 6700 EV Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 312:373-9. 2003
    Assimilation of toluene by Cladosporium sphaerospermum is initially catalyzed by toluene monooxygenase (TOMO). TOMO activity was induced by adding toluene to a glucose-pregrown culture of C. sphaerospermum...
  54. ncbi Monitoring of Alternaria Ness and Cladosporium Link airborne spores in Lublin (Poland) in 2002
    Aleksandra Konopińska
    Department of Botany, Agricultural University of Lublin, Akademicka 15, 20 950 Lublin, Poland
    Ann Agric Environ Med 11:347-9. 2004
    The concentration of Alternaria and Cladosporium spores was monitored throughout the year 2002 in Lublin (Eastern Poland). Fungal spores were sampled with Lanzoni VPPS 2000 volumetric spore trap...
  55. ncbi Molecular cloning of major and minor allergens of Alternaria alternata and Cladosporium herbarum
    G Achatz
    Institute of Genetics and General Biology, University of Salzburg, Austria
    Mol Immunol 32:213-27. 1995
    The two moulds, Alternaria alternata and Cladosporium herbarum, are recognized as major causes of fungal allergies...
  56. ncbi [Nasal fungal microbiota in allergic and healthy subjects]
    Maite Sellart Altisent
    Unitat de Recerca en Malalties Infeccioses i Micologia, UDIMAS, Facultad de Medicina, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    Rev Iberoam Micol 24:125-30. 2007
    ..8% of allergy patients (p = 0.011). Morphologically, 50.4% of the isolates were located within 4 genera: Cladosporium, Penicillium, Aspergillus and Alternaria, fungi which are considered the most allergenic...
  57. ncbi Toxic mold and mycotoxins in neurotoxicity cases: Stachybotrys, Fusarium, Trichoderma, Aspergillus, Penicillium, Cladosporium, Alternaria, Trichothecenes
    Paul R Lees-Haley
    Psychol Rep 93:561-84. 2003
    ..Nonetheless, in the context of litigation, speculative opinions are rendered in lieu of scientifically well-founded conclusions. Resources for recognizing and coping with pseudoscientific arguments are suggested...
  58. ncbi Survival of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) eggs in surface and subterranean breeding sites during the northern Queensland dry season
    B M Russell
    Queensland Institute of Medical Research and University of Queensland Tropical Health Program, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Australia
    J Med Entomol 38:441-5. 2001
    ..The high mortality rate of Ae. aegypti eggs during the dry season suggests that this survival strategy is unlikely to contribute to rapid and successful recolonization of surface sites at the end of the wet season...
  59. ncbi Fungal growth inhibitory properties of new phytosphingolipid analogues
    D Mormeneo
    Facultat de Farmacia, Universitat de Barcelona, Unitat de Química Farmacèutica, Barcelona, Spain
    J Appl Microbiol 104:1075-81. 2008
    ..To study the growth inhibitory properties of a series of phytosphingosine (PHS) and phytoceramide (PHC) analogues...
  60. ncbi Relationship between, lifestyle, mold and sick building syndromes in newly built dwellings in Japan
    K Nakayama
    Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
    Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 20:35-43. 2007
    ..10 (W) for working hours in females. The ORs for total molds were 2.90 and 2.90 (W): 2.25 (W) for Cladosporium cladosporioides, 3.60 and 7.69 (W) for Penicillium sp. in females, and 4.08 and 8...
  61. ncbi Fungal spoilage of bottled mineral water
    Daniel Cabral
    , Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Argentina
    Int J Food Microbiol 72:73-6. 2002
    ..glabrum, other Penicillium species, Cladosporium cladosporioides and Alternaria alternata...
  62. ncbi Airborne viable fungi in Riyadh and allergenic response of their extracts
    A S A-Suwaini
    Department of Biological and Medical Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    Mycoses 44:401-6. 2001
    ..Protein nitrogen contents were estimated and found to range from 0.9 mg ml(-1) for Cladosporium to 2.1 mg ml for Aspergillus extracts...
  63. ncbi Antimycotic activities of selected plant flora, growing wild in Lebanon, against phytopathogenic fungi
    Yusuf Abou-Jawdah
    Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236, Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon
    J Agric Food Chem 50:3208-13. 2002
    ..b>Cladosporium sp., Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis, and Verticillium dahlia...
  64. ncbi Conditions that regulate the growth of moulds inoculated into bottled mineral water
    Maria Victoria Criado
    Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellon II 1428, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Int J Food Microbiol 99:343-9. 2005
    ..Alternaria alternata, Penicillium citrinum and Cladosporium cladosporioides spores were inoculated in bottles of mineral and mineralised water, packaged in polyethylene ..
  65. ncbi A simple polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphism assay capable of identifying medically relevant filamentous fungi
    Timothy R Dean
    National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U S Environmental Protection Agency, 109 T W Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA
    Mol Biotechnol 31:21-8. 2005
    ..The genera analyzed were Stachybotrys, Penicillium, Aspergillus, and Cladosporium. Each organism underwent PCR with universal primers that amplified ribosomal sequences generating products from ..
  66. ncbi Antifungal stilbenoids from Stemona collinsae
    T Pacher
    Comparative and Ecological Phytochemistry Department, Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, A-1030 Wien, Austria
    J Nat Prod 65:820-7. 2002
    ..Bioautographic tests with Cladosporium herbarum displayed antifungal activity for stilbenoids of all four structural types...
  67. ncbi A small change in the design of a slit bioaerosol impactor significantly improves its collection characteristics
    Sergey A Grinshpun
    Center for Health Related Aerosol Studies, Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267 0056, USA
    J Environ Monit 9:855-61. 2007
    ..were challenged with the non-biological polydisperse NaCl aerosol and the aerosolized fungal spores of Cladosporium cladosporioides, Aspergillus versicolor, and Penicillium melinii...
  68. ncbi Indoor and outdoor bioaerosol levels at recreation facilities, elementary schools, and homes
    Wan Kuen Jo
    Department of Environmental Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
    Chemosphere 61:1570-9. 2005
    ..Consequently, the current findings suggest the need for reducing strategy for indoor microorganisms at the surveyed microenvironments...
  69. ncbi Prevalence of immunoglobulin E for fungi in atopic children
    G Nolles
    Department of Paediatric Pulmonology, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands
    Clin Exp Allergy 31:1564-70. 2001
    ..Positive sera were also tested for IgE against Alternaria alternata, Aspergillus fumigatus, Cladosporium herbarum and Penicillium chrysogenum, using the Pharmacia Enzyme CAP procedure...
  70. ncbi Assessment of indoor air fungi in Western-Anatolia, Turkey
    Zafer Cetinkaya
    Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Turkey
    Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol 23:87-92. 2005
    ..The most common genus was Cladosporium spp. (31.9%), followed by Aspergillus spp. (18.6%), Penicillium spp. (15.5%), Altemaria spp. (13...
  71. ncbi [Presence of the microbiological risk in Umbrian sawmills]
    E Guerrera
    INAIL, Direzione Regionale Umbra, Consulenza Tecnica Accertamento Rischi e Prevenzione
    G Ital Med Lav Ergon 28:466-71. 2006
    ..Staphylococcus, Sphingomonas, Pasteurella, were the most predominant bacteria. The most predominant isolated fungi belong to Cladosporium, Penicillium, Alternaria and Aspergillus genus.
  72. ncbi Rapid counting of liquid-borne microorganisms by light scattering spectrometry
    Gediminas Mainelis
    Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
    Ann Agric Environ Med 12:141-8. 2005
    ..niger endospores were stained with Acridine Orange and Crystal Violet, while Cladosporium cladosporioides, Penicillium melinii and Aspergillus versicolor fungi were stained with Acridine Orange and ..
  73. ncbi [Ecological distributions of airborne fungi in outdoor environments in Beijing, China]
    Li-feng Hu
    1. College of Bio-Safety Science and Technology, Hunan Agriculture University, Changsha 410128, China
    Huan Jing Ke Xue 26:22-7. 2005
    ..5 CFU x m(-3). The most common culturable airborne fungi in all seasons and all functional areas were Cladosporium , nonsporulating fungi, Alternaria, Penicillium and Aspergillus...
  74. ncbi Exposure levels of airborne bacteria and fungi in Korean swine and poultry sheds
    Wan Kuen Jo
    Department of Environmental Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
    Arch Environ Occup Health 60:140-6. 2005
    ..Aspergillus, Cladosporium, and Penicillium were the most prevalent fungal genera, as most of the fungi belonged to these groups...
  75. ncbi [Species composition of micromycetes from sugar beet leaves, roots and rhizospheres]
    T I Zubova
    Mikrobiol Z 67:44-9. 2005
    ..Species Alternaria, Trichoderma, Cladosporium, Acremonium, Penicillium, Fusarium, Mycelia sterilia were found in all investigated samples...
  76. ncbi Antifungal activity of biflavones from Taxus baccata and Ginkgo biloba
    Mirosława Krauze-Baranowska
    Department of Pharmacognosy, Medical University of Gdansk, Gen J Hallera 107 str, 80 416 Gdansk, Poland
    Z Naturforsch C 58:65-9. 2003
    ..sciadopitysin and 2,3-dihydrosciadopitysin towards the fungi Alternaria alternata, Fusarium culmorum, Cladosporium oxysporum was determined employing computer-aided image analysis couplet to a microscope...
  77. ncbi Development of a fungal spore aerosol generator: test with Cladosporium cladosporioides and Penicillium citrinum
    Byung Uk Lee
    Aerosol and Bioengineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 143 701, Korea
    J Microbiol Biotechnol 18:795-8. 2008
    ..We studied the physical and biological properties of the fungal spore bioaerosols on two common fungal species. The results demonstrated that the fungal spore bioaerosol generator effectively produces fungal spore bioaerosols...
  78. ncbi [Comparative study of Bordeaux, Nantes, Toulouse, and Paris: 2002]
    N Dupuy Taris
    CREMEM, , 351, , 33405 Talence
    Eur Ann Allergy Clin Immunol 35:97-8. 2003
  79. ncbi 47 annual records of allergenic fungi spore: predictive models from the NW Iberian Peninsula
    M Jesus Aira
    University of Santiago, Faculty of Pharmacy, Campus South, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
    Ann Agric Environ Med 15:91-8. 2008
    An analysis was carried out of the atmospheric representivity of Cladosporium and Alternaria spores in the north-western Iberian Peninsula, registering mean annual concentrations in excess of 300,000 spores/m(3)...
  80. ncbi Allergenic cross-reactivity of Curvularia lunata with other airborne fungal species
    R Gupta
    Center for Biochemical Technology, Delhi, India
    Allergy 57:636-40. 2002
    ..Alternaria alternata exhibited maximum (68%) whereas Cladosporium herbarum showed the least (17%) skin reactivity...
  81. ncbi [Occupational exposure to airborne fungi and bacteria in a household recycled container sorting plant ]
    Xavier Solans
    Centro Nacional de Condiciones de Trabajo, Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo, C Dulcet 2 10, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
    Rev Iberoam Micol 24:131-5. 2007
    ..Among the fungi, the predominant genera were Penicillium and Cladosporium, whereas the predominant genera of gram-negative bacteria were Escherichia, Enterobacter, Klebsiella and ..
  82. ncbi Fungi in bottled water: a case study of a production plant
    Ana Ribeiro
    , and Micoteca da Universidade do Minho, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal
    Rev Iberoam Micol 23:139-44. 2006
    ..The dominant fungal genera in order of highest numbers isolated were Penicillium, Cladosporium and Trichoderma followed by Aspergillus, Paecilomyces, and others...
  83. ncbi Novel cyclic peptide, epichlicin, from the endophytic fungus, Epichloe typhina
    Yoshiya Seto
    Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, Division of Applied Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan
    Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 71:1470-5. 2007
    ..Epichlicin showed inhibitory activity toward the spore germination of Cladosporium phlei, a pathogenic fungus of the timothy plant at an IC50 value of 22 nM.
  84. ncbi Mycodiversity on a dead stem of the giant hogweed--Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommer et Levier
    G B Feige
    Botanical Institute and Botanical Garden, University of Duisburg Essen, Campus Essen, Universitatsstrasse 5, D 45117 Essen, Germany
    Commun Agric Appl Biol Sci 69:479-87. 2004
    ..Altemaria alternata (FR.FR.) KEISSL., Camarosporium spec., Cladosporium herbarum (PERS.) LINK, Colletotrichum dematium (PERS. Ex FR.) GOVE, Dactylella armandii YADV...
  85. ncbi Sensitisation to airborne moulds and severity of asthma: cross sectional study from European Community respiratory health survey
    Mahmoud Zureik
    European Community Respiratory Health Survey, Unit 408 Epidémiologie, Faculte de Medecine Xavier Bichat, BP 416, 75870 Paris Cedex 18, France
    BMJ 325:411-4. 2002
    ..To assess whether the severity of asthma is associated with sensitisation to airborne moulds rather than to other seasonal or perennial allergens...
  86. ncbi A simple multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay for the identification of four environmentally relevant fungal contaminants
    Timothy R Dean
    National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U S Environmental Protection Agency, 109 T W Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA
    J Microbiol Methods 61:9-16. 2005
    ..identify multiple fungal species, Stachybotrys chartarum, Aspergillus versicolor, Penicillium purpurogenum, and Cladosporium spp...
  87. ncbi Stage-specific cellular localisation of two hydrophobins during plant infection by the pathogenic fungus Cladosporium fulvum
    James R Whiteford
    Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College Road, SW7 2AZ London, UK
    Fungal Genet Biol 41:624-34. 2004
    ..HCf-1 and HCf-6 are two of the six hydrophobins identified in the plant pathogenic fungus Cladosporium fulvum. We have fused the viral epitope V5 to HCf-1 and HCf-6, introduced the recombinant genes into C...
  88. ncbi An approximately 400 kDa membrane-associated complex that contains one molecule of the resistance protein Cf-4
    Susana Rivas
    The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, UK
    Plant J 29:783-96. 2002
    Despite sharing more than 91% sequence identity, the tomato Cf-4 and Cf-9 proteins discriminate between two Cladosporium-encoded avirulence determinants, Avr4 and Avr9...
  89. ncbi Pediatric invasive fungal rhinosinusitis in immunocompromised children with cancer
    Albert H Park
    Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 84132, USA
    Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 133:411-6. 2005
    ..1) To determine the factors that predispose towards invasive fungal rhinosinusitis (FS) in immunocompromised children with cancer, and 2) to propose practice guidelines for management of pediatric FS in immunocompromised patients...
  90. ncbi [Colonization and destruction of concrete by mitosporic fungi in model experiment]
    M O Fomina
    Mikrobiol Z 67:96-104. 2005
    When investigating the action of microscopic fungi of genera Aspergillus, Alternaria, Cladosporium and Paecilomyces on concrete specimens in the model system, it was shown that the fungi can colonize successfully the concrete surface ..
  91. ncbi [Filamentous fungi and mycotoxins as potential occupational risk factors among farmers harvesting various crops]
    Ewa Krysinska-Traczyk
    Zakładu Biologicznych Szkodliwości Zawodowych, Instytutu Medycyny Wsi w Lublinie
    Med Pr 54:133-8. 2003
    ..0 to 2825.0 cfu/g.10(3), respectively Allergizing and toxigenic fungi of Alternaria, Geotrichum, Cladosporium, Penicillium, Aspergillus and Fusarium species were observed in the study samples of grain and grain dust...
  92. ncbi Antifungal susceptibility and pathogenic potential of environmental isolated filamentous fungi compared with colonizing agents in immunocompromised patients
    A B A Teixeira
    Clinical Pathology Department, School of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, , Brazil
    Mycopathologia 160:129-35. 2005
    ..Fusarium spp. were the most prevalent genus in the fall and Cladosporium spp. in the winter. Clinically isolated strains grew better at 37 degrees C than environmental strains...
  93. ncbi [Prevalence of mycelial fungi in hematological hospital]
    N A Petrova
    Ter Arkh 75:58-63. 2003
    ..RESULTS: Tests for mycelial fungi in the air was 95%. Dominating species were the following: Penicillium spp., Cladosporium spp., Aspergillus spp. The fungal contamination was seasonal...
  94. ncbi Post-harvest storage of corn: effect of beginning moisture content on mycoflora and fumonisin contamination
    E Y S Ono
    Department of Biochemistry, State University of Londrina, PO Box 6001, 86051 990, Londrina, Parana, Brazil
    Food Addit Contam 19:1081-90. 2002
    ..b>Cladosporium spp., Aspergillus spp. and Phoma spp. were also detected at lower frequencies during the storage. Fusarium spp...
  95. ncbi [Foods with complaints of fungal contamination and physical problems caused by their ingestion]
    Ayako Sakai
    National Institute of Health Sciences: 1-18-1, Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan
    Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi 45:201-6. 2004
    ..The major fungal genus detected in the suspect foods were Penicillium, Aspergillus and Cladosporium. Aspergillus niger was the dominant species contaminating bakery products...
  96. ncbi Use of ozone to reduce molds in a cheese ripening room
    Rita Serra
    , Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
    J Food Prot 66:2355-8. 2003
    ..The mold genera occurring most frequently in the air of the cheese ripening room were Penicillium, Cladosporium, and Aspergillus, which accounted for 89.9% of the mold isolates...
  97. ncbi [Fungal population and distribution of aflatoxigenic fungi in commercial almond powder products]
    Tomoko Kenjo
    Tokyo Kasei University, 1 18 1 Kaga, Itabashi ku, Tokyo 173 8602, Japan
    Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi 48:90-6. 2007
    ..flavus and the related species, Penicillium, Cladosporium and Rhizopus. Aflatoxin-producing ability in the isolates of A...
  98. ncbi A simple polymerase chain reaction-sequencing analysis capable of identifying multiple medically relevant filamentous fungal species
    Timothy R Dean
    National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U S Environmental Protection Agency, 109 T W Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA
    Mycopathologia 162:265-71. 2006
    ..we were capable of identifying Stachybotrys chartarum, Penicillium purpurogenum, Aspergillus sydowii, and Cladosporium cladosporioides from a mixed culture...
  99. ncbi Alternaria alternata NADP-dependent mannitol dehydrogenase is an important fungal allergen
    P B Schneider
    Division of Genetics, Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
    Clin Exp Allergy 36:1513-24. 2006
    ..Mannitol dehydrogenase (MtDH) has previously been shown to be a major allergen of Cladosporium herbarum and cross-reactivity has been demonstrated for several fungal allergens...
  100. ncbi [Fungal spores in the environment of the asthmatic patient in a semi-desert area of Mexico]
    Verónica Araceli Martínez Ordaz
    Unidad de Investigacion en Epidemiologia Clinica, Centro Medico Nacional Torreon, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico
    Rev Alerg Mex 49:2-7. 2002
    ..To analyze the frequency and type of fungal spores in the habitat of sensitized asthmatic patients, its relationship with skin test reactivity to fungi and indoor factors favoring the fungi development...
  101. ncbi Plant sciences. Recognition at a distance
    Paul Schulze-Lefert
    Department of Plant Microbe Interactions, , , Germany
    Science 308:506-8. 2005

Research Grants14

  1. Health Effects of CREON2000 In Asthmatic Children
    Mark Glazman; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..air and settled dust samples to analyze allergens (dust mite, cat, dog, cockroach and Aspergillus, Penicillium, Cladosporium and Alternaria mold spores) and bacterial and endotoxin levels in the child's bedroom...
  2. Advanced Sampler for Measuring Exposure to Biological Aerosols
    GEDIMINAS contact MAINELIS; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..It will allow us to better understand workers'exposures and related health effects and to implement protective measures more effectively. ..
  3. Molecular epidemiologic identification of pneumococcal tissue specific genes
    MELINDA MARY PETTIGREW; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..A greater understanding of the genetic factors that influence the virulence potential of pneumococcal clones is critical to our ability to develop effective methods to control, prevent, and treat these important infections. ..
  4. Epidemiology of asthma: risk and prognosis in a cohort from birth to adolescence
    SYED ARSHAD; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..Our work brings together a multidisciplinary research team with a proven record of collaboration and expertise in respiratory medicine, allergy and immunology, epidemiology, genetics, and biostatistics. ..
  5. Molecular epidemiologic identification of pneumococcal tissue specific genes
    Melinda Pettigrew; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..A greater understanding of the genetic factors that influence the virulence potential of pneumococcal clones is critical to our ability to develop effective methods to control, prevent, and treat these important infections. ..
  6. Design/Advanced Electrostatic Sampler for Total Bioaerosols
    Gediminas Mainelis; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..The research findings and practical recommendations developed in this research will be disseminated to stakeholders through internet, national and international conferences and workshops. ..
  7. Epidemiology of asthma: risk and prognosis in a cohort from birth to adolescence
    SYED ARSHAD; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Our work brings together a multidisciplinary research team with a proven record of collaboration and expertise in respiratory medicine, allergy and immunology, epidemiology, genetics, and biostatistics. ..
  8. Molecular epidemiologic identification of pneumococcal tissue specific genes
    Melinda Pettigrew; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..A greater understanding of the genetic factors that influence the virulence potential of pneumococcal clones is critical to our ability to develop effective methods to control, prevent, and treat these important infections. ..
  9. Evaluation of Portable Samplers for Viable Bioaerosols
    Gediminas Mainelis; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..Future directions of this research will be development of a portable bioaerosol sampler, sampling characteristics of which follow conventions for inhalable, thoracic and respirable particles. ..
  10. Gene Discovery for Pneumococcal Otitis Media
    Melinda Pettigrew; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..Discovery of additional factors involved in streptococcal OM will facilitate the development of new strategies for the control and prevention of this important disease. ..
  11. Nanostenting Hydrogels for Sinus Surgery
    RICHARD ORLANDI; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..The results of these Phase I studies will determine the feasibility and the optimal chemical properties of a nanostenting HA gel for human trials. ..
  12. Epidemiology of asthma: risk and prognosis in a cohort from birth to adolescence
    Syed Hasan Arshad; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Our work brings together a multidisciplinary research team with a proven record of collaboration and expertise in respiratory medicine, allergy and immunology, epidemiology, genetics, and biostatistics. ..