| Aspergillus tonophilus | |
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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. tonophilus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus tonophilus Ohtsuki (1962) | |
Aspergillus tonophilus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Aspergillus section. The species was first described in 1962. It has been reported to produce auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, flavoglaucin, an apolar indoloterpene, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, and tetrahydroauroglaucin.
Growth and morphology
A. tonophilus has been cultivated on both yeast extract sucrose agar (YES) 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 tonophilus growing on MEAOX plate
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Aspergillus tonophilus growing on YES plate
References
- ^ Ohtsuki, T. 1962. Studies on the glass mould: On two species of Aspergillus isolated from glass. Botanical Magazine Tokyo. 75:436-442
- ^ 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.
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| Aspergillus tonophilus | |
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