ABSTRACT
Wallemia sebi is a mold with a ubiquitous distribution and has been isolated from agricultural and indoor environments (e.g., soil, hay, hypersaline water of man-made salterns and textiles) and foods (e.g., jams, dates, fruits, bread, cakes, salted beans, maize ¼our, crystalline sugar, –sh, bacon, dairy products, and salt). Wallemia is known to cause food spoilage [5]. Given that W. sebi conidia are rough-surfaced spheres of 1.5-2.5 μm in diameter, they can reach the respiratory bronchioles when inhaled [6].
