Geotrichum candidum

TaxID: 1173061

Basic Information

Geotrichum candidum

Sour Rot of Citrus, hvit fragmentmugg

Geotrichum candidum is a fungus which is a member of the human microbiome, notably associated with skin, sputum, and faeces where it occurs in 25 C30% of specimens. It is common in soil and has been isolated from soil collected around the world, in all continents. G. candidum is the causative agent of the human disease geotrichosis and the plant disease sour rot which infects citrus fruits, tomatoes, carrots, and other vegetables. It can affect harvested fruit of durians such as Durio graveolens. G. candidum is used widely in the production of certain dairy products including rind cheeses such as Camembert, Saint-Nectaire, Reblochon, and others. The fungus can also be found in a Nordic yogurt-like product known as viili where it is responsible for the product's velvety texture. In a 2001 study, G. candidum was found to consume the polycarbonate found in CDs.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Ascomycota

Dipodascomycetes

Dipodascales

Dipodascaceae

Geotrichum

candidum

Undefined

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Dr. Yale Rosen Atlas of Pulmonary Pathology@BY-SA
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(c) Hernán C. Perales Herrera@BY-NC
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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (1 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Solanum tuberosum Host

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Guatemala Absent —
Sudan Quarantine pests —

Distribution (39 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Benin Present —
Canada Present —
Switzerland Present —
China Present —
Cameroon Present —
Cook Islands Present —
Colombia Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_001402995.1 Scaffold 24 27 1159 -

Transcriptomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR6828656 - - - 4158175 USSR: Moscow

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature