| Aspergillus dimorphicus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Eurotiales |
| Family: | Aspergillaceae |
| Genus: | Aspergillus |
| Species: | A. dimorphicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus dimorphicus B.S. Mehrotra & R. Prasad (1969) | |
Aspergillus dimorphicus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Cremei section. The species was first described in 1969. It has been reported to produce wentilactones.
Growth and morphology
A. dimorphicus 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.
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Aspergillus dimorphicus growing on CYA plate
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Aspergillus dimorphicus growing on MEAOX plate
References
- ^ Mehrotra, B.S.; Prasad, R. 1969. Aspergillus dimorphicus and Emericella cleisto-minuta sp. nov. from Indian soils. Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 52(2):331-336
- Samson, R.A.; Visagie, C.M.; Houbraken, J.; Hong, B.-S.; Hubka, V.; Klaassen, C.H.W.; Perrone, G.; Seifert, K.A.; Susca, A.; Tanney, J.B.; Varga, J.; Kocsubé, S.; Szigeti, G.; Yaguchi, T.; Frisvad, J.C. (2014). "Phylogeny, identification and nomenclature of the genus Aspergillus". Studies in Mycology. 78: 141–173. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2014.07.004. PMC 4260807. PMID 25492982.
- Xu, Rui; Xu, Gang-Ming; Li, Xiao-Ming; Li, Chun-Shun; Wang, Bin-Gui (2015). "Characterization of a Newly Isolated Marine Fungus Aspergillus dimorphicus for Optimized Production of the Anti-Tumor Agent Wentilactones". Marine Drugs. 13 (11): 7040–7054. doi:10.3390/md13117040. PMC 4663565. PMID 26610530.
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