Aspergillus quadrilineatus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Eurotiales |
Family: | Aspergillaceae |
Genus: | Aspergillus |
Species: | A. quadrilineatus |
Binomial name | |
Aspergillus quadrilineatus Thom & Raper (1939) [1] | |
Synonyms | |
Aspergillus tetrazonus and Aspergillus acristatulus |
Aspergillus quadrilineatus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus . It is from the Nidulantes section. [2] The species was first described in 1939. [1] It has been isolated from soil in New Jersey, Egypt, Spain, China, and Namibia. [2] It has been reported to produce asperthecin, averufin, 7-methoxyaverufin, sterigmatocystin, versicolourin, desferritriacetylfusigen, echinocandin B & E, variacoxanthone B, emestrin, aurantioemestrin, dethiosecoemestrin, emindol DA, microperfuranone, penicillin G, quadrilineatin, and sterigmatocystin. [2]
A. quadrilineatus 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.