Aspergillus turkensis

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Aspergillus turkensis
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. turkensis
Binomial name
Aspergillus turkensis
Varga, Frisvad & Samson (2011) [1]

Aspergillus turkensis is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus . It is from the Usti section. [2] The species was first described in 2011. [1] It has been isolated from soil in Turkey. [2] It has been reported to produce an austocystin, deflectins, emerin, and a shamixanthone. [1]

Growth and morphology

A. turkensis 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 Novakova, A.; Hubka, V.; Saiz-Jimenez, C.; Kolarik, M. (2012). "Aspergillus baeticus sp. nov. and Aspergillus thesauricus sp. nov., two species in section Usti from Spanish caves". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 62 (2): 2778–2785. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.041004-0. hdl: 10261/61924 .
  2. 1 2 Samson, R.A.; Varga, J.; Meijer, M.; Frisvad, J.C. (2011). "New taxa in Aspergillus section Usti". Studies in Mycology. 69: 81–97. doi:10.3114/sim.2011.69.06. PMC   3161758 . PMID   21892244.