Aspergillus luppii

Aspergillus luppii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Eurotiales
Family:	Aspergillaceae
Genus:	Aspergillus
Species:	A. luppii
Binomial name
Aspergillus luppii Luppi-Mosca, A.M. 1973, Hubka, A. Novkov, M. Kolak & S.W. Peterson, 2014 [1] [2]
Type strain
CBS 653.74, CCF 4545, NRRL 6326, NRRL MOLD 6326, PRM 923447 [2]
Synonyms
Aspergillus aureofulgens

Aspergillus luppii (also called A. aureofulgens) is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus . ^{[1] [2] [3]} It is from the Flavipedes section. ^[4] Aspergillus luppii produces the antimicrobics Curvularin and Dehydrocurvularin. ^{[5] [6]}

Growth and morphology

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

References

1. "Aspergillus aureofulgens". www.mycobank.org.
2. "Aspergillus luppii". www.uniprot.org.
3. "A. aureofulgens | Aspergillus & Aspergillosis Website". www.aspergillus.org.uk.
4. Hubka, Vit; Nováková, Alena; Kolarik, Miroslav; Jurjevic, Zeljko; Peterson, Stephen W. (2015). "Revision of Aspergillus section Flavipedes: seven new species and proposal of section Jani sect. nov". Mycologia. 107 (1): 169–208. doi:10.3852/14-059. PMID   25344259.
5. Fugmann, Burkhard; Lang-Fugmann, Susanne; Steglich, Wolfgang (2014). RÖMPP Encyclopedia Natural Products, 1st Edition, 2000. Georg Thieme Verlag. ISBN   9783131795519.
6. Betina, V. (1993). Chromatography of Mycotoxins: Techniques and Applications. Elsevier. ISBN   9780080858623.

Further reading

• Caputo, O.; Viola, F. (1977). "Isolation of a, beta-dehydrocurvularin from Aspergillus aureofulgens". Planta Medica. 31 (1): 31–32. doi:10.1055/s-0028-1097485. ISSN   0032-0943. PMID   840925.
• Gesellschaft für Arzneipflanzenforschung (Germany), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Arzneipflanzenforschung (1977). Planta medica. Hippokrates-Verlag.
• Laskin, Allen I.; Lechevalier, Hubert A. (1988). CRC Handbook of Microbiology: pt. A. Antibiotics. Chemical Rubber Company.