Aspergillus austroafricanus

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Aspergillus austroafricanus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. austroafricanus
Binomial name
Aspergillus austroafricanus
Jurjević, S.W. Peterson & B.W. Horn (2012) [1]

Aspergillus austroafricanus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus . It is from the Versicolores section. [1] The species was first described in 2012. [1] It has been isolated in South Africa. [1]

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Growth and morphology

A. austroafricanus 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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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Jurhevic, Zeljko; Peterson, Stephen W.; Horn, Bruce W. (2012). "Aspergillus section Versicolores: nine new species and multilocus DNA sequence based phylogeny". IMA Fungus. 3 (1): 59–79. doi:10.5598/imafungus.2012.03.01.07. PMC   3399103 . PMID   23155501.

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