Table 1.
Fungal strains isolated from 2009 dust storm and secondary metabolites found by HPLC analysis of methanol extracts grown on malt extract agar (MEA). Numbers in brackets indicates the number of each species.
| Location | Species | Metabolite(s) | % Isolates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A. sydowii | sydonic acid | 5.3 (2) |
| sydonic acid, sydonol | 15.8 (6) | ||
| sydonic acid, unknown metabolites1 | 7.9 (3) | ||
| Penicilllium sp. | rugulosin | 2.6 (1) | |
| Unknown 1 | no detectable metabolites | 5.3 (2) | |
| 2 | A. sydowii | sydonic acid | 7.9 (3) |
| sydonic acid, sydowinin B | 2.6 (1) | ||
| sydonic acid, unknown metabolites1 | 10.5 (4) | ||
| Aspergillus sp. | sterigmatocystin | 2.6 (1) | |
| 3 | Penicillium sp. | rugulosin | 2.6 (1) |
| 4 | A. sydowii | sydonic acid | 21.1 (8) |
| sydonic acid, sydonol | 2.6 (1) | ||
| Aspergillus sp. | sterigmatocystin | 5.3 (2) | |
| Cladosporium sp. | no detectable metabolites | 2.6 (1) | |
| Unknown 2 | unknown metabolite2 | 5.3 (2) | |
| Total 38 isolates |
1 λmax 230, 279, 288, 320 and 365 nm; 2 λmax 216 nm.