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Aspergillus varians

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Species of fungus

Aspergillus varians
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species: A. varians
Binomial name
Aspergillus varians
Wehmer (1899)

Aspergillus varians is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Nidulantes section. The species was first described in 1899.

Growth and morphology

A. varians 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 varians growing on CYA plate Aspergillus varians growing on CYA plate
  • Aspergillus varians growing on MEAOX plate Aspergillus varians growing on MEAOX plate

References

  1. ^ Wehmer 1899, Bot. Centralbl. 80: 460
  2. Chen, A.J.; Frisvad, J.C.; Sun, B.D.; Varga, S.; Kocsubé, S.; Dijksterhuis, J.; Kim, D.H.; Hong, S.-B.; Houbraken, J.; Samson, R.A. (2016). "Aspergillus section Nidulantes (formerly Emericella): Polyphasic taxonomy, chemistry and biology". Studies in Mycology. 84: 1–118. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2016.10.001. PMC 5198626. PMID 28050053.
Taxon identifiers
Aspergillus varians


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