Aspergillus austroafricanus explained

Aspergillus austroafricanus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Versicolores section.^[1] The species was first described in 2012.^[1] It has been isolated in South Africa.^[1]

Growth and morphology

A. austroafricanus 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.

Further reading

• Ebrahim W, El-Neketi M, Lewald LI, Orfali RS, Lin W, Rehberg N, Kalscheuer R, Daletos G, Proksch P . Metabolites from the Fungal Endophyte Aspergillus austroafricanus in Axenic Culture and in Fungal–Bacterial Mixed Cultures . Journal of Natural Products . 79 . 4 . 914–922 . 2016 . 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00975 . 27070198 .
• Tsang CC, Hui TW, Lee KC, Chen JH, Ngan AH, Tam EW, Chan JF, Wu AL, Cheung M, Tse BP, Wu AK, Lai CK, Tsang DN, Que TL, Lam CW, Yuen KY, Lau SK, Woo PC . Genetic diversity of Aspergillus species isolated from onychomycosis and Aspergillus hongkongensis sp. nov., with implications to antifungal susceptibility testing . Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. . 84 . 2 . 125–34 . 2016 . 26658315 . 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.10.027 .

Notes and References

1. Jurhevic . Zeljko. Peterson . Stephen W.. Horn. Bruce W.. 2012. Aspergillus section Versicolores: nine new species and multilocus DNA sequence based phylogeny. IMA Fungus . 3. 1. 59–79. 10.5598/imafungus.2012.03.01.07. 23155501. 3399103.