Aspergillus miraensis

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Aspergillus miraensis
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. miraensis
Binomial name
Aspergillus miraensis
(L.C. Zhang, Juan Chen & S.X. Guo) Hubka, S.W. Peterson & M. Kolařík (2016) [1]

Aspergillus miraensis is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus . It is from the Nidulantes section. [2] The species was first described in 2016. [1] It has been isolated from roots of Polygonum macrophyllum var. stenophyllum, in Tibet, China. [2] It has been reported to produce aflatoxin B1. [2]

Growth and morphology

A. miraensis 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

  1. 1 2 Hubka, V; Nováková, A; Peterson, S.W; Frisvad, J.C; Sklenář, F; Matsuzawa, T; Kubátová, A; Kolařík, M. (2016). "A reappraisal of Aspergillus section Nidulantes with descriptions of two new sterigmatocystin producing species". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 302 (9): 1267–1299. doi:10.1007/s00606-016-1331-5.
  2. 1 2 3 Chen, A.J.; Frisvad, J.C.; Sun, B.D.; Varga, S.; Kocsubé, S.; Dijksterhuis, J.; Kim, D.H.; Hong, S.-B.; Houbraken, J.; Samson, R.A. (2016). "Aspergillus section Nidulantes (formerly Emericella): Polyphasic taxonomy, chemistry and biology". Studies in Mycology. 84: 1–118. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2016.10.001. PMC   5198626 . PMID   28050053.