Aspergillus microcysticus

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Aspergillus microcysticus
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Domain: Eukaryota
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 ]

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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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References

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  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.

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