Aspergillus californicus

Last updated

Aspergillus californicus
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. californicus
Binomial name
Aspergillus californicus
Frisvad, Varga & Samson (2011) [1]
Type strain
IBT 16748, CBS 123895, CBS H-20635, IBT 16748 [2]

Aspergillus californicus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus . It is from the Cavernicolus section. [3] The species was first described in 2011. [1] It has been isolated from the shrub Adenostoma fasciculatum in California, United States. [1]

Growth and morphology

A. californicus 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.

Related Research Articles

Aspergillus alliaceus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Flavi section. It was first described scientifically by Charles Thom and Margaret Church in 1926. Its associated teleomorph is Petromyces alliaceus. It has yellow spores.

Aspergillus haitiensis is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Sparsi section. The species was first described in 2010. It has been isolated from soil in Haiti. It has been reported to produce gregatins and siderin.

Aspergillus biplanus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Sparsi section. The species was first described in 1965. It has been isolated from soil in Costa Rica. It has been reported to produce auroglaucin.

Aspergillus cejpii is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Clavati section. The species was first described in 1975. Aspergillus cejpii produces gliotoxin, acetylgliotoxin G, fiscalin B and xanthocillin X.

Aspergillus stella-maris is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Nidulantes section. The species was first described in 2008. A. stella-maris has been reported to produce emericellin and shamixanthone. It has star-shaped ascospores.

Aspergillus venezuelensis is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Nidulantes section. The species was first described in 2004. It has been shown to produce aflatoxin B1 and sterigmatocystin.

Aspergillus cavernicola is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Cavernicolus section. The species was first described in 1969. It has been isolated from the wall of a cave in Romania and from wheat starch in Ukraine.

Aspergillus arachidicola is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Flavi section. The species was first described in 2008. A. arachidicola has been shown to produce aflatoxin B1, aflatoxin B2, aflatoxin G1, aflatoxin G2, aspergillic acid, chrysogine, kojic acid, parasiticolide, and ditryphenaline.

Aspergillus similis is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Nidulantes section. The species was first described in 2014.

Aspergillus turcosus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Fumigati section. The species was first described in 2008. It has been reported to produce kotanins.

Aspergillus ferenczii is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Fumigati section. The species was first described in 2014. It has been reported to produce asperfuran, aszonalenin, fumigaclavine, viridicatumtoxin, and fumigatins.

Aspergillus implicatus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Sparsi section. The species was first described in 1994. It has been reported to produce a versicolorin derivative.

Aspergillus discophorus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Aenei section. The species was first described in 2008. It has been isolated from soil in Spain.

Aspergillus heyangensis is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Aenei section. The species was first described in 1994. It has been reported to produce a decaturin.

Aspergillus aurantiopurpureus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Nidulantes section. The species was first described in 2016. It has been isolated from a kangaroo rat cheek pouch in New Mexico, United States.

Aspergillus chinensis is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Nidulantes section. The species was first described in 2014. It has been reported to produce shamixanthones and varitriol.

Aspergillus dromiae is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Nidulantes section. The species was first described in 2016. It has been isolated from the Dromia erythropus crab in Venezuela.

Aspergillus anthodesmis is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Sparsi section. The species was first described in 1979. It has been reported to produce gregatins.

Aspergillus conjunctus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Sparsi section. The species was first described in 1965. It has been isolated from forest soil in Costa Rica. It has been reported to produce auroglaucin.

Aspergillus sparsus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Sparsi section. The species was first described in 1944. It has been isolated from soil in Costa Rica and the United States.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Samson, R.A.; Varga, J.; Meijer, M.; Frisvad, J.C. 2011. New taxa in Aspergillus section Usti. Studies in Mycology. 69:81-97
  2. ↑ "Aspergillus californicus". www.uniprot.org.
  3. ↑ 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.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.