Aspergillus sparsus

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Aspergillus sparsus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. sparsus
Binomial name
Aspergillus sparsus
Raper & Thom (1944) [1]

Aspergillus sparsus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus . It is from the Sparsi section. [2] [3] The species was first described in 1944. [1] It has been isolated from soil in Costa Rica and the United States. [2]

Growth and morphology

A. sparsus 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 Raper, K.B.; Thom, C. (1944). "New aspergilli from soil". Mycologia. 36 (6): 555–575. doi:10.1080/00275514.1944.12017576.
  2. 1 2 Varga, J.; Frisvad, J.C.; Samson, R.A. (2010). "Polyphasic taxonomy of Aspergillus section Sparsi". IMA Fungus. 1: 187–195. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2016.10.001. PMC   5198626 . PMID   28050053.
  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.