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Aspergillus appendiculatus

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Species of fungus

Aspergillus appendiculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species: A. appendiculatus
Binomial name
Aspergillus appendiculatus
Blaser (1975)
Type strain
ATCC 16444, CBS 374.75, CBS 523.65, ETH 8286, IMI 278374, IMI 89278, ZT 8286
Synonyms

Eurotium appendiculatum,
Eurotium aridicola

Aspergillus appendiculatus (also called A. testaceocolorans) is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Aspergillus section. The species was first described in 1975. It has been reported to produce asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, emodin, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, physcion, questin, questinol, tetracyclic, and tetrahydroauroglaucin.

Growth and morphology

A. appendiculatus has been cultivated on both Czapek yeast extract agar (CYA) plates and Malt Extract Agar Oxoid® (MEAOX) plates. The growth morphology of the colonies can be seen in the pictures below.

  • Aspergillus appendiculatus growing on CYA plate Aspergillus appendiculatus growing on CYA plate
  • Aspergillus appendiculatus growing on MEAOX plate Aspergillus appendiculatus growing on MEAOX plate

References

  1. ^ Blaser, P. 1976. Taxonomische und physiologische Untersuchungen uber die Gattung Eurotium Link. ex Fr. Sydowia. 28:1-49
  2. ^ "Aspergillus appendiculatus". www.uniprot.org.
  3. Samson, ed. by Robert A.; Pitt, John I. (2000). Integration of modern taxonomic methods for penicillium and aspergillus classification. Amsterdam: Harwood Acad. Publ. ISBN 978-9-058-23159-8. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ Chen, A.J.; Hubka, V.; Frisvad, J.C.; Visagie, C.M.; Houbraken, J.; Meijer, M.; Varga, J.; Demirel, R.; Jurjevic, Z.; Kubátová, A.; Sklenár, F.; Zhou, Y.G.; Samson, R.A. (2017). "Polyphasic taxonomy of Aspergillus section Aspergillus (formerly Eurotium), and its occurrence in indoor environments and food". Studies in Mycology. 88: 37–135. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2017.07.001. PMC 5573881. PMID 28860671.
Taxon identifiers
Aspergillus appendiculatus


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