Aspergillus tabacinus

Aspergillus tabacinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Eurotiales
Family:	Aspergillaceae
Genus:	Aspergillus
Species:	A. tabacinus
Binomial name
	Aspergillus tabacinus; Nakazawa, Y. Takeda, Simo & A. Watanabe (1934)

Last updated August 17, 2025

Aspergillus tabacinus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus . It is from the Versicolores section.^[2]^[3] The species was first described in 1934.^[1]

Growth and morphology

A. tabacinus 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.

Aspergillus tabacinus growing on CYA plate
Aspergillus tabacinus growing on MEAOX plate

References

1 2 Nakazawa, Y. Takeda; Simo; Watanabe, A. (1934). J. Agric. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 10 (2): 177.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ Jurjevic, Zeljko; Peterson, Stephen W.; Horn, Bruce W. (2012). "Aspergillus section Versicolores: nine new species and multilocus dNA sequence based phylogeny". IMA Fungus. 3 (1): 59–795. doi:10.5598/imafungus.2012.03.01.07. ISSN 2210-6340. PMC 3399103 . PMID 23155501.
↑ Siqueira, J.P.Z.; Sutton, D.A.; Garcia, D.; Gené, J.; Thomson, P.; Wiederhold, N.; Guarro, J. (2016). "Species diversity of Aspergillus section Versicolores in clinical samples and antifungal susceptibility". Fungal Biology. 120 (11): 1458–1467. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2016.02.006. PMID 27742099.

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[n_1934-1] 1 2 Nakazawa, Y. Takeda; Simo; Watanabe, A. (1934). J. Agric. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 10 (2): 177.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[isolation-2] Jurjevic, Zeljko; Peterson, Stephen W.; Horn, Bruce W. (2012). "Aspergillus section Versicolores: nine new species and multilocus dNA sequence based phylogeny". IMA Fungus. 3 (1): 59–795. doi:10.5598/imafungus.2012.03.01.07. ISSN 2210-6340. PMC 3399103 . PMID 23155501.

[isolation1-3] Siqueira, J.P.Z.; Sutton, D.A.; Garcia, D.; Gené, J.; Thomson, P.; Wiederhold, N.; Guarro, J. (2016). "Species diversity of Aspergillus section Versicolores in clinical samples and antifungal susceptibility". Fungal Biology. 120 (11): 1458–1467. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2016.02.006. PMID 27742099.

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