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  • 2 Chinese nationals charged with smuggling 'potential agroterrorism' fungus into US: DOJ

    06/03/2025 9:52:31 AM PDT · by crusty old prospector · 40 replies
    ABC News ^ | June 3, 2025 | Luke Barr
    Two Chinese nationals have been charged with allegedly smuggling into the U.S. a fungus called "Fusarium graminearum, which scientific literature classifies as a potential agroterrorism weapon," the Justice Department said Tuesday. Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, citizens of the People’s Republic of China, were allegedly receiving Chinese government funding for their research, some of which at the University of Michigan, the Justice Department said.
  • Disease-causing strains of Fusarium prevalent in plumbing drains

    12/21/2011 9:50:44 AM PST · by decimon · 42 replies
    Penn State ^ | December 21, 2011
    A study examining the prevalence of the fungus Fusarium in bathroom sink drains suggests that plumbing systems may be a common source of human infections. In the first extensive survey of its kind, researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences sampled nearly 500 sink drains from 131 buildings -- businesses, homes, university dormitories and public facilities -- in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and California. They analyzed fungal DNA to compare the spectrum of Fusarium species and sequence types found in drains with those recovered from human infections. The study identified at least one Fusarium...