Aspergillus cibarius

Aspergillus cibarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Eurotiales
Family:	Aspergillaceae
Genus:	Aspergillus
Species:	A. cibarius
Binomial name
	Aspergillus cibarius; S.B. Hong & R.A. Samson (2012)

Last updated August 17, 2025

Aspergillus cibarius is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus . It is from the Aspergillus section.^[2] The species was first described in 2012.^[1] It has been reported to produce asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, emodin, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, neoechinulins physcion, tetracyclic, and tetrahydroauroglaucin.^[2]

Growth and morphology

A. cibarius has been cultivated on both Czapek yeast extract agar (CYA) plates and yeast extract sucrose agar (YES) plates. The growth morphology of the colonies can be seen in the pictures below.

Aspergillus cibarius growing on CYA plate
Aspergillus cibarius growing on YES plate

References

1 2 Hong, S.B; Lee, M.A; Kim, D.H; Meijer M, de Vries, R.P; Samson R.A. 2012. Aspergillus cibarius sp. nov., from traditional meju in Korea. The Journal of Microbiology. 50(4):712-714
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 Hong, S.B; Lee, M.A; Kim, D.H; Meijer M, de Vries, R.P; Samson R.A. 2012. Aspergillus cibarius sp. nov., from traditional meju in Korea. The Journal of Microbiology. 50(4):712-714

[isolation-2] 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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