Aspergillus conicus explained

Aspergillus conicus is a xerophilic species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus which can cause endophthalmitis in rare cases.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It was first described in 1914.^[5] It is from the section Restricti.^[6] Aspergillus conicus has been reported as a human pathogen.^[6]

Growth and morphology

A. conicus 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: Ware . George W. . Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Continuation of Residue Reviews . 1989 . Springer . 978-1468470925.

Notes and References

1. Smith. Wendy M. Fahle. Gary. Nussenblatt. Robert B. Sen. Hatice Nida. A rare case of endogenous Aspergillus conicus endophthalmitis in an immunocompromised patient. Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection. 2013. 3. 1. 37. 10.1186/1869-5760-3-37. 23514122. 3605118 . free .
2. Book: Herbert. Weber. Mikrobiologie der Lebensmittel: Band 1: Grundlagen. 2010. Behr's Verlag DE. 978-3-899-47963-8.
3. Book: Christian. John A. Troller, J.H.B.. Water activity and food. 1978. Academic Press. New York. 978-0-323-15901-2.
4. Aspergillus conicus. www.uniprot.org. en.
5. Dale, E. 1914. On the fungi of the soil. Part II. Fungi from chalky soil, uncultivated mountain peat, and the "black earth" of the reclaimed fenland. Annales Mycologici. 12(1):33-62
6. Sklenar. F.. Jurjevic . Z. . Zalar . P. . Frisvad . J.C. . Visagie . C.M. . Kolarik . M. . Houbraken . J. . Chen . A.J. . Yilmaz . N. . Seifert . K.A. . Coton . M. . Déniel . F. . Gunde-Cimerman . N. . Samson . R.A. . Peterson . S.W. . Hubka . V.. 2017. Phylogeny of xerophilic aspergilli (subgenus Aspergillus) and taxonomic revision of section Restricti . Studies in Mycology. 88. 161–236 . 10.1016/j.simyco.2017.09.002. 29158611 . 5678892 .