Aspergillus rambellii

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Aspergillus rambellii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. rambellii
Binomial name
Aspergillus rambellii
Frisvad & Samson [1]

Aspergillus rambellii is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus . It is from the Ochraceorosei section. [2] The species was first described in 2005. [1] It accumulates very large amounts of sterigmatocystin, 3-O-methylsterigmatocystin and aflatoxin B1. [1]

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Growth and morphology

A. rambellii 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 Frisvad JC, Skouboe P, Samson RA (2005). "Taxonomic comparison of three different groups of aflatoxin producers and a new efficient producer of aflatoxin B1, sterigmatocystin and 3-O-methylsterigmatocystin, Aspergillus rambellii sp. nov". Syst Appl Microbiol. 28 (5): 442–53. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2005.02.012. PMID   16094871.
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