Aspergillus microcysticus

Aspergillus microcysticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Eurotiales
Family:	Aspergillaceae
Genus:	Aspergillus
Species:	A. microcysticus
Binomial name
Aspergillus microcysticus Sappa (1955) [1] [2]
Type strain
ATCC 16826, BCRC 33360, CBS 120.58, CCRC 33360, IMI 139275, NRRL 4749, QM 8158, WB 4749 [3]

Aspergillus microcysticus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus . ^{[1] [4]} Aspergillus microcysticus produces aspochalasin A, aspochalasin C, aspochalasin D, and the antibiotic asposterol. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [ excessive citations ]}

Growth and morphology

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

References

1. "Aspergillus microcysticus". www.mycobank.org.
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. "Aspergillus microcysticus Taxon Passport - StrainInfo". www.straininfo.net.
4. "Aspergillus". www.uniprot.org.
5. Heberle, Wolfgang (1 January 1974). "Asposterol, ein antibiotikum aus aspergillus microcysticus; unt…" (in German).{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
6. Brossi, Arnold, ed. (1991). The Alkaloids, 40. Burlington: Elsevier. ISBN   978-0-080-86564-5.
7. Dictionary of natural products (1. ed.). London [u.a.]: Chapman & Hall. 1994. ISBN   978-0-412-46620-5.
8. Betina, Vladimír, ed. (1993). Chromatography of mycotoxins techniques and applications. Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISBN   978-0-080-85862-3.
9. Keller-Schierlein, Walter; Kupfer, Ernst (17 July 1979). "Stoffwechselprodukte von Mikroorganismen. 186. Mitteilung. Über die Aspochalasine A, B, C und D". Helvetica Chimica Acta. 62 (5): 1501–1524. doi:10.1002/hlca.19790620516.

Further reading

• 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)
• Gunstone, senior reporter F.D. (1981). Aliphatic and related natural product chemistry. London: Royal Society of Chemistry. ISBN   978-0-851-86652-9.
• Samson, R.A.; Peterson, S.W.; Frisvad, J.C.; Varga, J. (June 2011). "New species in Aspergillus section Terrei". Studies in Mycology. 69 (1): 39–55. doi:10.3114/sim.2011.69.04. PMC   3161753 . PMID   21892242.