Aspergillus brevipes explained

Aspergillus brevipes is an anamorph species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus.^[1] It is from the Fumigati section.^[2] It was first described in 1952. It has been isolated from soil in Australia.^[2] Aspergillus brevipes produces roquefortine C, meleagrin and viriditoxin.^[3]

Growth and morphology

A. brevipes 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

• Book: Samson. ed. by Robert A.. Pitt. John I.. Integration of modern taxonomic methods for penicillium and aspergillus classification. 2000. Harwood Acad. Publ.. Amsterdam. 978-9-058-23159-8.
• Book: Watanabe. Tsuneo. Pictorial atlas of soil and seed fungi morphologies of cultured fungi and key to species. 2010. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton. 978-1-439-80420-9. 3rd.
• Book: Richard J.. Cole. Modern Methods in the Analysis and Structural Elucidation of Mycotoxins. 1986. Elsevier Science. Oxford. 978-0-323-14853-5.
• Book: Henderson. editors, John E. Smith, Rachel S.. Mycotoxins and animal foods. 1991. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 978-0-849-34904-1.
• Book: (ed.). Dietmar Schomburg; Ida Schomburg. Springer handbook of enzymes. 2003. Springer. Berlin [u.a.]. 978-3-540-00519-3. 2..

Notes and References

1. Aspergillus brevipes Smith, anamorph ATCC ® 16899™. www.lgcstandards-atcc.org. en.
2. 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. 10.3114/sim.2007.59.14. 2275200. 18490953.
3. Book: Frederic. Lamoth. William J.. Steinbach. Advances in Aspergillus fumigatus pathobiology. 2016. Frontiers Media SA. 978-2-889-19789-7.