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
- 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 .
- Book: Herbert. Weber. Mikrobiologie der Lebensmittel: Band 1: Grundlagen. 2010. Behr's Verlag DE. 978-3-899-47963-8.
- Book: Christian. John A. Troller, J.H.B.. Water activity and food. 1978. Academic Press. New York. 978-0-323-15901-2.
- Aspergillus conicus. www.uniprot.org. en.
- 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
- 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 .