Diaporthe toxica

Diaporthe toxica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Diaporthales
Family:	Diaporthaceae
Genus:	Diaporthe
Species:	D. toxica
Binomial name
	Diaporthe toxica; , Highet, W. Gams & Sivasith., in Williamson, Highet, Gams, Sivasithamparam & Cowling, Mycol. Res. 98(12): 1367 (1994)

Diaporthe toxica is a plant endophyte and occasionally a plant pathogen.^[1] D. toxica produces secondary metabolites that result in toxicoses of animals such as of sheep. Mycotoxic lupinosis is a disease caused by lupin material that is infected with the fungus.^[2] The fungus produces mycotoxins called , which cause liver damage. Lupinosis has been incorrectly attributed to Diaporthe woodii but has now been shown to be a mycotoxicosis caused by the recently discovered (1994) teleomorphic fungus Diaporthe toxica.^[3] The discovery and naming of this new fungus concludes over a century of investigation into the cause of lupinosis since the first outbreak in Germany in 1872.

References[]

^ Williamson et al. (1991) Formation of subcuticular coralloid hyphae by Phomopsis leptostromiformis. Plant Disease 75:1023-1026
^ Allen (2009) Australian Veterinary History Record
^ Williamson et al. (1994) Diaporthe toxica sp. nov., The cause of lupinosis in sheep. Mycological Research, 98 (12): 1367

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[1] Williamson et al. (1991) Formation of subcuticular coralloid hyphae by Phomopsis leptostromiformis. Plant Disease 75:1023-1026

[2] Allen (2009) Australian Veterinary History Record

[3] Williamson et al. (1994) Diaporthe toxica sp. nov., The cause of lupinosis in sheep. Mycological Research, 98 (12): 1367

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