Aspergillus conicus

Aspergillus conicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Eurotiales
Family:	Aspergillaceae
Genus:	Aspergillus
Species:	A. conicus
Binomial name
Aspergillus conicus Blochwitz (1914) [1] [2] [3]
Type strain
4733.701, ATCC 16908, BCRC 33143, CBS 475.65, CCRC 33143, CGMCC 3.4372, FRR 0149, IMI 172281, JCM 1725, NRRLT, NRRL 149, NRRL WB149, QM 7405, Thom 4733.701, WB 149 [4]

Aspergillus conicus is a xerophilic species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus which can cause endophthalmitis in rare cases. ^{[1] [5] [6] [7] [8]} It was first described in 1914. ^[3] It is from the section Restricti. ^[9] Aspergillus conicus has been reported as a human pathogen. ^[9]

When living inside olives, it can produce butylated hydroxytoluene. ^[10]

Growth and morphology

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

References

1. "www.mycobank".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. Samson, ed. by Robert A.; Pitt, John I. (2000). Integration of modern taxonomic methods for penicillium and aspergillus classification. Amsterdam: Harwood Acad. Publ. ISBN   978-9-058-23159-8.{{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
3. Dale, E. 1914. On the fungi of the soil. Part II. Fungi from chalky soil, uncultivated mountain peat, and the "black earth" of the reclaimed fenland. Annales Mycologici. 12(1):33-62
4. "CBS 475.65 Strain Passport - StrainInfo". www.straininfo.net. Archived from the original on 2017-04-22. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
5. Smith, Wendy M; Fahle, Gary; Nussenblatt, Robert B; Sen, Hatice Nida (2013). "A rare case of endogenous Aspergillus conicus endophthalmitis in an immunocompromised patient". Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection. 3 (1): 37. doi: 10.1186/1869-5760-3-37 . PMC   3605118 . PMID   23514122.
6. Herbert, Weber (2010). Mikrobiologie der Lebensmittel: Band 1: Grundlagen. Behr's Verlag DE. ISBN   978-3-899-47963-8.
7. Christian, John A. Troller, J.H.B. (1978). Water activity and food. New York: Academic Press. ISBN   978-0-323-15901-2.
8. "Aspergillus conicus". www.uniprot.org.
9. Sklenar, F.; Jurjevic, Z.; Zalar, P.; Frisvad, J.C.; Visagie, C.M.; Kolarik, M.; Houbraken, J.; Chen, A.J.; Yilmaz, N.; Seifert, K.A.; Coton, M.; Déniel, F.; Gunde-Cimerman, N.; Samson, R.A.; Peterson, S.W.; Hubka, V. (2017). "Phylogeny of xerophilic aspergilli (subgenus Aspergillus) and taxonomic revision of section Restricti". Studies in Mycology. 88: 161–236. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2017.09.002. PMC   5678892 . PMID   29158611.
10. Gharbi, Ines; Issaoui, Manel; El Gharbi, Sinda; Gazzeh, Nour-Eddine; Tekeya, Meriem; Mechri, Beligh; Flamini, Guido; Hammami, Mohamed (2017). "Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) emitted by fungi naturally occurring in olives during their pre-processing storage for improving olive oil stability". European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology. 119 (11) 1600343. doi:10.1002/ejlt.201600343.

Further reading

• Ware, George W., ed. (1989). Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Continuation of Residue Reviews. Springer. ISBN   978-1-4684-7092-5.