ALOX5 and asthma: Despite our inability to determine if LoxB produced HETEs, we proceeded to examined if 5-HETE (the product of human Alox5 and implicated in asthma, Hallstrand and Henderson, 2010) could alter the germination dynamics of A. fumigatus. All four strains (ΔloxB, OE::loxB, wild type and complemented ΔloxB) were grown on mock, 0.5 μg/μL AA alone, 0.5 μg/μL 5-HETE alone, or both metabolites at 0.5 μg/μL.