Aspergillus viridinutans

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Aspergillus viridinutans
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. viridinutans
Binomial name
Aspergillus viridinutans
Ducker & Thrower (1954) [1]

Aspergillus viridinutans is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus . The species was first isolated in Frankston, Victoria, Australia and described in 1954. [1] It is from the Fumigati section of Aspergillus. [2] Several fungi from this section produce heat-resistant ascospores, and the isolates from this section are frequently obtained from locations where natural fires have previously occurred. [3] A. viridinutans has been identified as the cause of chronic aspergillosis. [4] The mycotoxin viriditoxin was first identified in A. viridinutans. [5] [6] A draft genome sequence of the strain derived from the original species description has been generated. [7]

Growth and morphology

A. viridinutans can be cultivated on different medium sources, including both Czapek yeast extract agar (CYA) plates and Malt Extract Agar Oxoid® (MEAOX) plates. The growth morphology of colonies can be seen in the pictures below.

References

  1. 1 2 McLennan, E.I.; Ducker, S.C.; Thrower, L.B. 1954. New soil fungi from Australian heathland: Aspergillus, Penicillium, Spegazzinia. Australian Journal of Botany. 2(3):355-364
  2. ↑ Lamoth, F. (2016). "Aspergillus fumigatus-Related Species in Clinical Practice". Frontiers in Microbiology. 7: 683. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00683 . PMC   4868848 . PMID   27242710.
  3. ↑ Samson, R.A.; Hong, S.; Peterson, S.W.; Frisvad, J.C.; Varga, J. (2007). "Polyphasic taxonomy of Aspergillus section Fumigati and its teleomorph Neosartorya". Studies in Mycology. 59: 147–203. doi:10.3114/sim.2007.59.14. PMC   2275200 . PMID   18490953.
  4. ↑ Vinh, D.C.; Shea, Y.R.; Jones, P.A.; Freeman, A.F.; Zelazny, A.; Holland, S.M. (2009). "Chronic Invasive Aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus viridinutans". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 15 (8): 1292–1294. doi:10.3201/eid1508.090251. PMC   2815978 . PMID   19751595.
  5. ↑ Lillehoj, E. B.; Ciegler, A. (1972). "A toxic substance from Aspergillus viridi-nutans". Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 18 (2): 193–197. doi:10.1139/m72-030. ISSN   0008-4166. PMID   4622987.
  6. ↑ Smyth, Jamie E.; Butler, Nicholas M.; Keller, Paul A. (2015). "A twist of nature – the significance of atropisomers in biological systems". Natural Product Reports. 32 (11): 1562–1583. doi:10.1039/c4np00121d. PMID   26282828.
  7. ↑ Urquhart, AS; Hu, J; Chooi, YH; Idnurm, A (2019). "The fungal gene cluster for biosynthesis of the antibacterial agent viriditoxin". Fungal Biology and Biotechnology. 6: 2. doi: 10.1186/s40694-019-0072-y . ISSN   2054-3085. PMC   6600887 . PMID   31304040.


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