Table 1.

Strains used in this study.

Strain	Relevant genotype and/ or phenotype	Source or reference
A. fumigatus
ATCC 46645	Wild type	ATCC
pksP mutant	Encodes a non- functional pksP gene	Jahn et al. (1997), Langfelder et al. (1998)
Δayg1	ayg1::hph, HygR	V. Sugareva, Jena
Δarp2	arp2::hph, HygR	J. Schmaler-Ripcke, Jena
Δabr2	abr2::hph, HygR	Sugareva et al. (2006)
ΔrodA	rodA::hph, HygR, Nia−	Thau et al. (1994)
A. nidulans
WG355	biA1; bga0; argB2	Fantes and Roberts (1973), van Gorcom et al. (1985)
WG370	biA1; wA3; bga0	Jahn et al. (2000)
A. terreus i402	Wild type	HKI strain collection
A. flavus NRL 3357	Wild type	HKI strain collection