Aspergillus pragensis

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Aspergillus pragensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. pragensis
Binomial name
Aspergillus pragensis
Hubka, Frisvad & M. Kolařík (2014) [1]

Aspergillus pragensis is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus . It is from the Candidi section. [1] The species was first described in 2014. [1] It has been reported to produce chlorflavonin, polar compound X, terphenyllin, 3-hydroxyterphenyllin, chlorflavonin, metabolite, 6-epi-stephacidin A, and terphenyllin. [1]

Growth and morphology

A. pragensis 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 3 4 Hubka, Vit; Lyskova, Pavlina; Frisvad, Jens. C.; Peterson, Stephen W.; Skorepova, Magdalena; Kolarik, Miroslav (2014). "Aspergillus pragensis sp. nov. discovered during molecular reidentification of clinical isolates belonging to Aspergillus section Candidi". Medical Mycology. 52 (6): 565–576. doi: 10.1093/mmy/myu022 . PMID   24951723.