fusarium

American  

[fyoo-zair-ee-uhm] / fyuˈzɛər i əm /

noun

plural

fusaria

1. any fungus of the genus Fusarium, occurring primarily in temperate regions and causing a variety of diseases in plants and animals, producing in humans a loss of fingernails and sometimes blindness.

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Etymology

Origin of fusarium

< New Latin (1832), equivalent to Latin fūs ( us ) spindle + -ārium -ary

Example Sentences

Among the many mycoprotein sources studied so far, the fungus Fusarium venenatum has become a prominent choice because its natural flavor and texture closely mimic meat.

From Science Daily

Even with its advantages, Fusarium venenatum has thick cell walls that limit how well humans can digest it.

From Science Daily

The fusarium wilt fungus was born in California; it goes after vulnerable palms.

From Los Angeles Times

The scientists confirm the presence of genetically differentiated lineages with different host-specificity for arabica and robusta coffee and show that the fungal pathogen F. xylarioides repeatedly took up "horizontally transferred" segments of DNA from a related fungal Fusarium taxa which contributed to successive outbreaks of the disease.

From Science Daily

"The fact that horizontal gene transfers between two different species of Fusarium contributed to the repeated emergence of coffee wilt disease is a key mechanism to understand what is happening more widely in fungi -- to what extent, we just do not know," he said.

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