Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Green mould hyphae and fruiting structure (Aspergillus ustus). Aspergillus ustus is a soil fungus has o


Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Green mould hyphae and fruiting structure (Aspergillus ustus). Aspergillus ustus is a soil fungus has only recently been implicated in human infections. This species can cause: fungal endocarditis; cutaneous skin infections in immunosuppressed patients and an invasive cases of otitis media. Toxic metabolites of this species include: austdiol, austin, austocystin A, sterigmatocystin. Magnification: x600 when shortest axis printed at 25 millimetres.


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