It is a close relative of "Aspergillus fumigatus". Fumigaclavine C is an ergoline alkaloid produced by "Aspergillus fumigatus". Gliotoxin is hypothesized to be an important virulence factor in "Aspergillus fumigatus". This species like other forest owls is vulnerable to the respiratory disease "Aspergillus fumigatus". The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus effectively degrades plasticized PVC. It was isolated in 1949 from the microbial organism "Aspergillus fumigatus". "Aspergillus fumigatus", is a heterothallic fungus. For example, scientists detected that "Aspergillus fumigatus" var. The essential oil from "L. petersonii "inhibits the pathological fungi "Candida albicans" and "Aspergillus fumigatus". After "Aspergillus fumigatus", "A. flavus" is the second-leading cause of aspergillosis. "Aspergillus fumigatus" has a stable haploid genome of 29.4 million base pairs. The most common pathogenic species are "Aspergillus fumigatus" and "Aspergillus flavus". Infectious fungi known from killer whales include "Aspergillus fumigatus", "Candida albicans" and "Saksenaea vasiformis".