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, where distinct differences in texture, coloration, and edge structure are evident depending on the medium used. These visual variations may reflect the organism’s metabolic response to differing nutrient compositions, and can be useful for species identification or comparative analysis.

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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.