Aspergillus leporis explained

Aspergillus leporis is an anamorph species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus.^{[1] [2]} It is from the Flavi section.^[3] The species was first described in 1979.^[4] It has been isolated from the dung of Lepus townsendii.^[5] Aspergillus leporis produces leporin A and leporin B.^{[2] [6] [7]} It has also been reported to produce antibiotic Y, kojic acid, and pseurotin.^[3]

Growth and morphology

A. leporis 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

• States. Jack S.. Christensen. Martha. Aspergillus leporis, a New Species Related to A. flavus. Mycologia. September 1966. 58. 5. 738. 10.2307/3756848. 3756848.
• Book: Powell. edited by Keith A.. Renwick. Annabel. Peberdy. John F.. The Genus Aspergillus from taxonomy and genetics to industrial application. 1994. Plenum Press. New York. 978-1-489-90981-7.
• Book: Machida. edited by Masayuki. Gomi. Katsuya. Aspergillus : molecular biology and genomics. 2010. Caister Academic. Wymondham, Norfolk, UK. 978-1-904-45553-0.
• Book: Ayres. edited by G.F. Pegg & P.G.. Fungal infection of plants : symposium of the British Mycological Society. 1988. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 978-0-521-32457-1. Repr..

Notes and References

1. Aspergillus leporis. www.uniprot.org. en.
2. Aspergillus leporis States et Christensen, anamorph ATCC ® 16490&t. www.lgcstandards-atcc.org. en.
3. Varga . J.. Frisvad . J.C.. Samson. R.A.. 2011. Aflatoxin producing species, and an overview of Aspergillus section Flavi. Studies in Mycology . 69. 1. 57–80. 10.3114/sim.2011.69.05. 21892243. 3161756.
4. Bartoli, A.; Maggi, O. 1978. Four new species of Aspergillus from Ivory Coast soil. Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 71(3):383-394
5. Rodrigues. P.. Santos. C.. Venancio. A. T.. Lima. N.. Species identification of Aspergillus section Flavi isolatesfrom Portuguese almonds using phenotypic, including MALDI-TOF ICMS, and molecular approaches. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 2011. 111. 4. 877–892. 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.05116.x. 21790915. free.
6. TePaske. Mark R.. Gloer. James B.. Wicklow. Donald T.. Dowd. Patrick F.. Leporin A: an antiinsectan N-alkoxypyridone from the sclerotia of Aspergillus leporis. Tetrahedron Letters. October 1991. 32. 41. 5687–5690. 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)93530-5.
7. Book: Atta-ur-Rahman. Studies in Natural Products Chemistry, Band 44. 2015. Elsevier. 978-0-444-63470-2.