Aspergillus venenatus

Aspergillus venenatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Eurotiales
Family:	Aspergillaceae
Genus:	Aspergillus
Species:	A. venenatus
Binomial name
Aspergillus venenatus Jurjević, S.W. Peterson & B.W. Horn (2012) [1]

Aspergillus venenatus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus . It is from the Versicolores section. ^[1] The species was first described in 2012. ^[1]

Growth and morphology

A. venenatus 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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  Aspergillus venenatus growing on CYA plate
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  Aspergillus venenatus growing on MEAOX plate

References

1. 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.

Further reading

• Šimonovičová A, Kraková L, Pangallo D, Majorošová M, Piecková E, Bodoriková S, Dörnhoferová M (2015). "Fungi on mummified human remains and in the indoor air in the Kuffner family crypt in Sládkovičovo (Slovakia)". International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 99: 157–164. doi:10.1016/j.ibiod.2014.12.011.
• Despot DJ, Kocsubé S, Bencsik O, Kecskeméti A, Szekeres A, Vágvölgyi C, Varga J, Klarić MŠ (2016). "Species diversity and cytotoxic potency of airborne sterigmatocystin-producing Aspergilli from the section Versicolores" (PDF). Science of the Total Environment. 562: 296–304. Bibcode:2016ScTEn.562..296D. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.183. PMID   27100010.