| Alternaria alternata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Pleosporales |
| Family: | Pleosporaceae |
| Genus: | Alternaria |
| Species: | A. alternata
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| Binomial name | |
| Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissl. (1912)
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| Synonyms | |
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Alternaria fasciculata (Cooke & Ellis) L.R. Jones & Grout (1897) | |
Alternaria alternata is a fungus causing leaf spots, rots, and blights on many plant parts, and other diseases. It is an opportunistic[citation needed] pathogen on over 380 host species of plant.
It can also cause upper respiratory tract infections[1] and asthma in humans with compromised immunity.[2]
- ^ Wiest, Peter; Wiese, Kurt; Jacobs, Michael R.; Morrissey, Anne B.; Abelson, Tom I.; Witt, William; Lederman, Michael M. (August 1987). "Alternaria Infection in a Patient with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: Case Report and Review of Invasive Alternaria Infections". Reviews of Infectious Diseases. 9 (4): 799–803. doi:10.1093/clinids/9.4.799. JSTOR 4454171. PMID 3326127.
- ^ "Alternaria alternata". www.thermofisher.com. Retrieved 2024-10-19.