Aspergillus megasporus

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Aspergillus megasporus
Aspergillus megasporus (10.3897-mycokeys.19.11161) Figure 6.jpg
A. megasporus, click on image for explanation.
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. megasporus
Binomial name
Aspergillus megasporus
C.M. Visagie, N. Yilmaz & K.A. Seifert (2017) [1]

Aspergillus megasporus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus . It is from the Aspergillus section. [1] The species was first described in 2017. [1] It has been reported to produce asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulin, emodin, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, preechinulin, physcion, quinolactacin (A1, A2, B), tetracyclic, and tetrahydroauroglaucin. [1]

Growth and morphology

Aspergillus megasporus has been cultivated on both yeast extract sucrose agar (YES) plates and Malt Extract Agar Oxoid® (MEAOX) plates. The growth morphology of the colonies can be seen in the pictures below.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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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