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Product Format
frozen
Storage Conditions
Frozen: -80°C or colder Freeze-Dried: 2°C to 8°C Live Culture: See Propagation Section
Type Strain
no
Preceptrol®
no
Comments
highly toxic, associated with hemosiderosis in infants
highly toxic and consistently hemolytic
Medium
ATCC® Medium 307: Cornmeal agar
Growth Conditions
Temperature: 25.0°C
Name of Depositor
WG Sorenson
Isolation
basement drain pipe in a home, Cleveland, OH
References
Jarvis BB, et al. Study of toxin production by isolates of Stachybotrys chartarum and Memnoniella echinata isolated during a study of pulmonary hemosiderosis in infants. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64: 3620-3625, 1998. PubMed: 9758776
Vesper SJ, et al. Hemolysis, toxicity, and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis of Stachybotrys chartarum strains. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65: 3175-3181, 1999. PubMed: 10388719
Vesper SJ, et al. Quantification of siderophore and hemolysin from Stachybotrys chartarum strains, including a strain isolated from the lung of a child with pulmonary hemorrhage and hemosiderosis
. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66: 2678-2681, 2000. PubMed: 10831457
