Aspergillus leporis

Aspergillus leporis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Eurotiales
Family:	Aspergillaceae
Genus:	Aspergillus
Species:	A. leporis
Binomial name
Aspergillus leporis States & M. Christensen (1966) [1]

Aspergillus leporis is an anamorph species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus . ^{[1] [2] [3]} It is from the Flavi section. ^[4] The species was first described in 1979. ^[5] It has been isolated from the dung of Lepus townsendii. ^[6] Aspergillus leporis produces leporin A and leporin B. ^{[3] [7] [8]} It has also been reported to produce antibiotic Y, kojic acid, and pseurotin. ^[4]

Growth and morphology

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

References

1. States, J.S.; Christensen, M. 1966. Aspergillus leporis, a new species related to A. flavus. Mycologia. 58(5):738-742
2. "Aspergillus leporis". www.uniprot.org.
3. "Aspergillus leporis States et Christensen, anamorph ATCC ® 16490&t". www.lgcstandards-atcc.org.
4. Varga, J.; Frisvad, J.C.; Samson, R.A. (2011). "Aflatoxin producing species, and an overview of Aspergillus section Flavi". Studies in Mycology. 69 (1): 57–80. doi:10.3114/sim.2011.69.05. PMC   3161756 . PMID   21892243.
5. Bartoli, A.; Maggi, O. 1978. Four new species of Aspergillus from Ivory Coast soil. Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 71(3):383-394
6. Rodrigues, P.; Santos, C.; Venancio, A. T.; Lima, N. (2011). "Species identification of Aspergillus section Flavi isolatesfrom Portuguese almonds using phenotypic, including MALDI-TOF ICMS, and molecular approaches". Journal of Applied Microbiology. 111 (4): 877–892. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.05116.x . PMID   21790915.
7. TePaske, Mark R.; Gloer, James B.; Wicklow, Donald T.; Dowd, Patrick F. (October 1991). "Leporin A: an antiinsectan N-alkoxypyridone from the sclerotia of Aspergillus leporis". Tetrahedron Letters. 32 (41): 5687–5690. doi:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)93530-5.
8. Atta-ur-Rahman (2015). Studies in Natural Products Chemistry, Band 44. Elsevier. ISBN   978-0-444-63470-2.

Further reading

• States, Jack S.; Christensen, Martha (September 1966). "Aspergillus leporis, a New Species Related to A. flavus". Mycologia. 58 (5): 738. doi:10.2307/3756848. JSTOR   3756848.
• Powell, edited by Keith A.; Renwick, Annabel; Peberdy, John F. (1994). The Genus Aspergillus from taxonomy and genetics to industrial application. New York: Plenum Press. ISBN   978-1-489-90981-7.{{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
• Machida, edited by Masayuki; Gomi, Katsuya (2010). Aspergillus : molecular biology and genomics. Wymondham, Norfolk, UK: Caister Academic. ISBN   978-1-904-45553-0.{{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
• Pegg, G.F.; Ayres, P.G., eds. (1988). Fungal infection of plants : symposium of the British Mycological Society (Repr. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-32457-1.