Aspergillus botucatensis

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Aspergillus botucatensis
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. botucatensis
Binomial name
Aspergillus botucatensis
Y. Horie, Miyaji & Nishimura (1995) [1]
Synonyms

Neosartorya spinosa

Aspergillus botucatensis (also known as Neosartorya spinosa) is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus . It is from the Fumigati section. [2] The species was first described in 1995. [1] It has been reported to produce aszonalenins, 2-pyrovoylaminobenzamide, and pseurotin. [2]

Growth and morphology

A. botucatensis 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.

References

  1. 1 2 Horie, Y.; Miyaki, M.; Nishimura, K.; Franco, M.F.; Coelho, K.I.R. 1995. Two new species of Neosartorya from Brazilian soil. Mycoscience. 36(2):159-165
  2. 1 2 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.


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