Aspergillus australensis

Aspergillus australensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Eurotiales
Family:	Aspergillaceae
Genus:	Aspergillus
Species:	A. australensis
Binomial name
Aspergillus australensis (Samson, S.B. Hong & Varga) Houbraken, Visagie & Samson (2007) [1]
Synonyms
Neosartorya australensis [2]

Aspergillus australensis is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus . ^[2] It is from the Fumigati section. ^[1] The species was first described in 2007. Aspergillus australensis produces aszonalenins and wortmannins. ^[3]

Growth and morphology

A. australensis 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 australensis growing on CYA plate
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  Aspergillus australensis growing on MEAOX plate

References

1. Samson, R.A.; Hong, S.; Peterson, S.W.; Frisvad, J.C.; Varga, J. (2007). "Polyphasic taxonomy of Aspergillus section Fumigati and its teleomorph Neosartorya". Studies in Mycology. 59: 147–203. doi:10.3114/sim.2007.59.14. PMC   2275200 . PMID   18490953.
2. "Aspergillus australensis". www.mycobank.org.
3. Frederic, Lamoth; William J., Steinbach (2016). Advances in Aspergillus fumigatus pathobiology. Frontiers Media SA. ISBN   978-2-889-19789-7.

Further reading

• Samson, R.A.; Visagie, C.M.; Houbraken, J.; Hong, S.-B.; 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. (June 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.