Aspergillus fructus explained
Aspergillus fructus 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. fructus 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
- Sabino R, Veríssimo C, Parada H, Brandão J, Viegas C, Carolino E, Clemons KV, Stevens DA . Molecular screening of 246 Portuguese Aspergillus isolates among different clinical and environmental sources . Medical Mycology . 52 . 5 . 519–529 . 2014 . 10.1093/mmy/myu006 . 24847040 . free .
- Jurjević Ž, Peterson SW, Solfrizzo M, Peraica M . Sterigmatocystin production by nine newly described Aspergillus species in section Versicolores grown on two different media . Mycotoxin Research . 29 . 3 . 141–5 . 2013 . 10.1007/s12550-013-0160-4 . 23417508 . 14676310 .
Notes and References
- 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.
- 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.
