Aspergillus waksmanii

Aspergillus waksmanii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Eurotiales
Family:	Aspergillaceae
Genus:	Aspergillus
Species:	A. waksmanii
Binomial name
Aspergillus waksmanii Hubka, S.W. Peterson, Frisvad & M. Kolarik (2013) [1] [2] [3]
Type strain
NRRL 179 [1]

Aspergillus waksmanii is a homothallic species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus which has been isolated from soil from New Jersey in the United States. ^{[1] [2] [4]} It is from the Fumigati section. ^[5] 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. ^[6] Aspergillus waksmanii produces apolar indoloterpenes. ^[7]

Growth and morphology

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

References

1. "Aspergillus waksmanii". www.uniprot.org.
2. "www.mycobank.org".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. Hubka, V; Peterson SW; Frisvad JC; Yaguchi T; Kubátová A; Kolařík M. 2013. Aspergillus waksmanii sp. nov. and Aspergillus marvanovae sp. nov., two closely related species in section Fumigati. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 63:783-789
4. Hubka, V.; Peterson, S. W.; Frisvad, J. C.; Yaguchi, T.; Kubatova, A.; Kolarik, M. (12 November 2012). "Aspergillus waksmanii sp. nov. and Aspergillus marvanovae sp. nov., two closely related species in section Fumigati". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 63 (Pt 2): 783–789. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.047076-0. PMID   23148097.
5. Frisvad, J.C.; Larsen, T.O. (2016). "Extrolites of Aspergillus fumigatus and Other Pathogenic Species in Aspergillus Section Fumigati". Frontiers in Microbiology. 6: 1485. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01485 . PMC   4703822 . PMID   26779142.
6. 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.
7. Frederic, Lamoth; William J., Steinbach (2016). Advances in Aspergillus fumigatus pathobiology. Frontiers Media SA. ISBN   978-2-889-19789-7.

Further reading

• Frank-Kamenetskaya, Olga V.; Panova, Elena G.; Vlasov, Dmitry Yu (2015). Biogenic—Abiogenic Interactions in Natural and Anthropogenic Systems. Springer. ISBN   9783319249872.