Aspergillus creber explained

Aspergillus creber is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus.^[1] It is from the Versicolores section.^{[1] [2]} The species was first described in 2012.^[1]

Growth and morphology

A. creber 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

• Micheluz A, Manente S, Tigini V, Prigione V, Pinzari F, Ravagnan G, Varese GC . The extreme environment of a library: xerophilic fungi inhabiting indoor niches . International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation . 99 . 1–7 . 2015 . 10.1016/j.ibiod.2014.12.012 . 10278/3638529 . 53466387 . free .
• Micheluz A, Sulyok M, Manente S, Krska R, Varese GC, Ravagnan G . Fungal secondary metabolite analysis applied to Cultural Heritage: the case of a contaminated library in Venice . World Mycotoxin Journal . 9 . 3 . 397–407 . 2016 . 10.3920/WMJ2015.1958 . 2318/1562648 . 87667921 .

Notes and References

1. Jurjevic. Zeljko. Peterson. Stephen W.. Horn. Bruce W.. Aspergillus section Versicolores: nine new species and multilocus dNA sequence based phylogeny. IMA Fungus. 3. 1. 2012. 59–795. 2210-6340. 10.5598/imafungus.2012.03.01.07. 23155501. 3399103.
2. Siqueira . J.P.Z.. Sutton . D.A.. Garcia. D.. Gené . J.. Thomson . P. . Wiederhold . N. . Guarro . J. . 2016. Species diversity of Aspergillus section Versicolores in clinical samples and antifungal susceptibility . Fungal Biology . 120. 11. 1458–1467. 10.1016/j.funbio.2016.02.006 . 27742099.