Aspergillus quadrilineatus

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Aspergillus quadrilineatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
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]

Growth and morphology

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.

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References

  1. 1 2 Thom, C.; Raper, K.B. 1939. The Aspergillus nidulans group. Mycologia. 31(6):653-669.
  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.