Strain Number: | UAMH 7568 |
Species Name: | Stachybotrys chartarum |
Type: | |
Synonyms: | Memnonium sphaerospermum / Oidium chartarum / Oospora chartarum / Sporocybe lobulata / Stachybotrys alternans / Stachybotrys alternans var. alternans / Stachybotrys atra / Stachybotrys atra var. atra / Stachybotrys atra var. brevicaule / Stachybotrys atra var. brevicaulis / Stachybotrys atrogrisea / Stachybotrys atrogriseus / Stachybotrys atrus / Stachybotrys atrus var. atrus / Stachybotrys atrus var. brevicaulis / Stachybotrys lobulata / Stachybotrys lobulata var. angustispora / Stachybotrys lobulata var. lobulata / Stachybotrys lobulata var. macra / Stachybotrys lobulatus / Stachybotrys lobulatus var. angustisporus / Stachybotrys lobulatus var. lobulatus / Stachybotrys lobulatus var. macrus / Stilbospora chartarum / Synsporium biguttatum / Torula chartarum / Trichosporum sphaerospermum |
Taxonomy: | FUNGI Ascomycota, Sordariomycetes, Hypocreales, Stachybotryaceae |
Strain History: | Hutchinson, J. -> UAMH |
Substrate: | moldy cardboard box from bedroom of patient with pulmonary dysfunction and chronic fatigue |
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Location: | CANADA British Columbia (GEO: 54.79,-124.557) |
Isolator: | L. Sigler |
Isolation Date: | 1994-04-08 |
Date Received: | 1994-05-18 |
Characters: | BIODIVERSITY indoor fungi // MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS detection and phylogeny of Stachybotrys - Haugland & Heckman, Molecular & Cellular Probes 12:387-396, 1998 // MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS hemolysis, toxicity & RAPD analysis - Vesper et al., Appl. Env. Microbiol. 65:3175-3181, 1999 // MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS phylogeny of Stachybotrys chartarum - Koster, Scott, Wong et al, Can. J. Bot. 81:633-643, 2003 // MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS UAMH 6715, 7900, 7568, 7598 demonstrate similar sequence in ITS2 region and differ by one bp from ATCC 9182 - Haugland & Heckman, Molecular & Cellular Probes 12:387-396, 1998 |
Compounds: | |
Cross Reference: | EPA 390 // NC-9 |
Pathogenic Potential: | Human: no | Animal: no | Plant: no |
Biosafety Risk Group: | RG1 (check the PHAC ePATHogen Risk Group Database for updates) |
Regulatory Requirements: | Canadian requesters must provide PHAC Pathogen and Toxin License Number (see: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/licensing-program.html) prior to shipment. International requesters must provide all legally required importation documentation prior to shipment. Plant pathogenicity status may be verified by using the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Fungal Database |
MycoBank ID: | 306362 |