Aspergillus appendiculatus

Aspergillus appendiculatus
Scientific classification
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

Last updated August 17, 2025

Aspergillus appendiculatus (also called A. testaceocolorans) is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus . It is from the Aspergillus section.^[4] The species was first described in 1975.^[1] It has been reported to produce asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, emodin, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, physcion, questin, questinol, tetracyclic, and tetrahydroauroglaucin.^[4]

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 MEAOX plate

References

1 2 Blaser, P. 1976. Taxonomische und physiologische Untersuchungen uber die Gattung Eurotium Link. ex Fr. Sydowia. 28:1-49
1 2 3 "Aspergillus appendiculatus". www.uniprot.org.
↑ 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)
1 2 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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[thomchurch1926-1] 1 2 Blaser, P. 1976. Taxonomische und physiologische Untersuchungen uber die Gattung Eurotium Link. ex Fr. Sydowia. 28:1-49

[UniProt-2] 1 2 3 "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)

[isolation-4] 1 2 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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