Department of Biological Sciences > Faculty & Staff > Microbiology > Ana M. Calvo

Representative Publications

Calvo A.M. 2008. The VeA regulatory system and its role in morphological and chemical development in fungi. Fungal Genetics and Biology 45:1053-61.

Atoui A, Bao D, Kaur N., Grayburn WS, Calvo AM. 2008. The MAP-kinase mpkB is necessary for normal secondary metabolism in Aspergillus nidulans. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74:3596-600.

Purschwitz J, Müller S, Kastner C, Schöser M, Haas H, Espeso EA, Atoui A, Calvo AM, Fischer R. Functional and Physical Interaction of Blue- and Red-Light Sensors in Aspergillus nidulans. Current Biolology 2008. 18:255-9.

Roze LV, Beaudry RM, Arthur AE, Calvo AM, Linz JE. Aspergillus volatiles regulate aflatoxin synthesis and asexual sporulation in Aspergillus parasiticus. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007. 73:7268-76.

Paoletti M, Seymour FA, Alcocer MJ, Kaur N, Calvo AM, Archer DB, Dyer PS. Mating Type and the Genetic Basis of Self-Fertility in the Model Fungus Aspergillus nidulans. Curr Biol. 2007 Jul 30 [Epub ahead of print] Link to publication

Cary JW, Obrian GR, Nielsen DM, Nierman W, Harris-Coward P, Yu J, Bhatnagar D, Cleveland TE, Payne GA, Calvo AM. Elucidation of veA-dependent genes associated with aflatoxin and sclerotial production in Aspergillus flavus by functional genomics. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2007 Jul 24 [Epub ahead of print] Link to publication

Li S, Bao D, Yuen G, Harris SD, Calvo AM. basA regulates cell wall organization and asexual/sexual sporulation ratio in Aspergillus nidulans. Genetics. 2007. 176:243-53 Link to publication

Stinnet S., Espeso E., Cobeno L., Arujo-Bazan L. and Calvo A.M. 2007. VeA subcellular localization is dependent on the improtin alpha carrier and on light in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans. Molecular Microbiology. 63:242-55. Epub 2006 Dec 5.

Li S., Myung K., Guse D., Donkin B., Proctor RH, Grayburn W.S. and Calvo A.M. 2006. FvVE1 regulates filamentous growth, the ratio of microconidia to macroconidia and cell wall formation in Fusarium verticillioides. Molecular Microbiology. 62:1418-32. Epub 2006 Oct 18.

Duran R.M., Cary J. W. and Calvo A.M. 2007. Production of Cyclopiazonic acid, Aflatrem and Aflatoxin by Aspergillus flavus is regulated by veA, a gene necessary for sclerotial formation. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 73:1158-68. Epub 2006 Sep 19.

Calvo A.M., Bok J.W., Brooks W. and Keller N.P. veA is required for toxin and sclerotial production in Aspergillus parasiticus. Apply Environmental Microbiology 2004. 70:4733-9. http://aem.asm.org/cgi/reprint/70/8/4733

Wilson R.A., Calvo A.M., Chang P-K and Keller N.P. Characterization of the Aspergillus parasiticus delta12-desaturase gene: a role for lipid metabolism in the Aspergillus/plant interaction. Microbiology. 2004.150:2881-8. http://mic.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/150/9/2881

Calvo A.M. 2004. Mycotoxins. In: Toxins in Food. Dabrowsky W. and Sikorski Z. (Eds.) CRC Press. Boca Raton, Florida, pg 215-237

Roze L.V., Calvo A.M., Gunterus A., Beaudry R., Kall M., and Linz J.E.. Ethylene modulates development and toxin biosynthesis in Aspergillus likely via an ethylene sensor-mediated signaling pathway. Journal of Food Protection. 2004. 67: 438-447.

Publications continued…

Kato N., Brooks W. and Calvo A.M. The expression of sterigmatocystin and penicillin genes in Aspergillus nidulans. Eukaryotic Cell.2003; 2: 1178-1186. http://ec.asm.org/cgi/reprint/2/6/1178

Calvo A.M., Wilson R.A., Bok J. and Keller N.P. Relationship between natural product metabolism and fungal development. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 2002. 66:447-59. http://mmbr.asm.org/cgi/content/full/66/3/447.

Calvo A.M., Gardner H.W. and Keller N.P. Genetic connection between fatty acid metabolism and sporulation in Aspergillus nidulans. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2001, 276:25766-74 http://www.jbc.org/cgi/content/full/276/28/25766

Calvo A.M, Hinze L.L., Gardner H.W. and Keller N.P. Sporogenic effect of polyunsaturated fatty acids on development of Aspergillus spp. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 1999, 65:3668-3673 http://aem.asm.org/cgi/content/full/65/8/3668?view=
full&pmid=10427064

Calvo A.M., Desjardins A., Keller N.P. and Trail, F. Effects of the plant lipid metabolite CP2 on morphological development and biosynthesis of natural products in Aspergillus spp. In preparation.

Calvo A.M., Copa-Patiño J.L., Alonso A. and González A.E. 1998. Studies of the production and characterization of laccase activity in the basidiomycete Coriolopsis gallica, an efficient decolorizer of alkaline effluents. Archives of Microbiology, 171:31-36

Calvo A.M., Terrón M.C., Fidalgo M.L., Pelayo J.M., Galletti G.C. and González A.E. 1995. Py-GC-MS Characterization of wheat straw alkaline-cooking effluents after biological treatment with the fungi Phanerochaete chrysosporium and Ganoderma australe. Analytical Chimica Acta, 309:145-152

Calvo A.M., Galletti G.C. and González A.E. 1995. Paper wastewater analyses by Py/GC/MS during biological treatment with the fungi Coriolopsis gallica and Paecilomyces variotii. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolisis, 33:39-50

Pal M., Calvo A.M., Terrón M.C. and González A.E. 1995. Changes produced in the integral sugarcane bagasse after SSF by the edible mushroom Flammulina velutipes and the white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 11:541-545