Aspergillus zutongqii

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Aspergillus zutongqii
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. zutongqii
Binomial name
Aspergillus zutongqii
A.J. Chen, J.C. Frisvad & R.A. Samson (2017) [1]

Aspergillus zutongqii is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus . It is from the Aspergillus section. [1] The species was first described in 2017. [1] It has been reported to produce asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, emodin, epiheveadrides, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, and tetrahydroauroglaucin. [1]

Growth and morphology

A. zutongqii 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 4 Chen, A.J.; Hubka, V.; Frisvad, J.C.; Visagie, C.M.; Houbraken, J.; Meijer, M.; Varga, J.; Demirel, R.; Jurjevic, Z.; Kubátová, A.; Sklenár, F.; Zhou, Y.G.; Samson, R.A. (2017). "Polyphasic taxonomy of Aspergillus section Aspergillus (formerly Eurotium), and its occurrence in indoor environments and food". Studies in Mycology. 88: 37–135. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2017.07.001. PMC   5573881 . PMID   28860671.