Superbug known as ‘phantom menace’ on the rise in U.S  

       

                   




                                                                                                                                                              "Experts warned that the latest development was frightening."                                     

 "History shows that these mobile resistance genes can spread around the world quickly, silently riding in people, animals and food," said Lance Price, director of the Antibiotic Resistance Action Center at George Washington University's Milken Institute of Public Health, in a statement."

@ KEY ARTICLE: Coliforms. Dangerous Biological Bioterrorism Agents.

"The discovery of novel aetiological agents responsible for ‘unexplained infectious disease syndromes’ relies quite heavily on the description of novel microbes. Although standard or unusual forms of known microbes are sometimes considered to be novel causes of ‘unexplained infectious disease syndromes’, most of the novel causes are indeed previously undescribed microbes."

UPDATED THEME: OCT. 30, 2019 3 AM PT

Friend or foe? Washington is vexed by an uninvited visitor

BY EVAN HALPER

OCT. 30, 2019 3 AM PT

@ New Pyrenochaeta Species Causing Keratitis

Classification Peyronellaea pomorum var. Cyanea

PHOMA sp. production of melanin complexes

>Contig_1

ATCATTAAATACAGTAGATTTCTACTGATCGGGGGGGGTGGAAAGTCCCAGTTTGATTACTGGATCGCGAGTAAGCCCC
CTGTCTGCACCCTTGTCTTTTGCGTACTTATGTTTCCTCGGCGGGCTTGCCTGCCGAATGGACAATTCTAAAACCTTTT
TAATTTTCAATCAGCGTCTGAACAATTATAATAATTACAACTTTCAACAACGGATCTCTTGGTTCTGGCATCGATGAAG
AACGCAGCGAAATGCGATAAGTAGTGTGAATTGCAGAATTCAGTGAATCATCGAATCTTTGAACGCACATTGCGCCCCT
TGGTATTCCATGGGGCATGCCTGTTCGAGCGTCATTTGTACCCTCAAGCTATGCTTGGTGTTGGGTGTTTGTCCTCTCC
CTTGCGTTTGGACTCGCCTTAAAGAAATTGGCAGCCAGTGTATTGGTATAGAAGCGCAGCACAATTTGCGACTCTAGCT
AATAATTACTTGCAACCATCAAGTCTA


@ NCBI BLAST

@ KEY ARTICLE: PHOMA CYANEA

Epicoccum nigrum (synanamorph and/or teleomorph of Phoma)

Epicoccum nigrum synthesizes extracellular fungal polysaccharide, called epiglucan.

@ Chronic Exposure To Alternaria Tenuis, Pullularia Pullulans, And Epicoccum Nigrum May Lead To Symptoms Of Neuropsychological Illnesses: Evidence From A Comprehensive Evaluation

@ ITS sequencing support for Epicoccum nigrum and Phoma epicoccina being the same biological species

PHOMA HERBARUM   This mold is commonly found in different soils, dead plant tissues, and potatoes.  It grows indoors in association with bio‑deterioration of wall paints, and produces pink or purple colour spots. This mold has also been isolated from moldy shower curtains.