Aspergillus microcysticus explained

Aspergillus microcysticus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus.^[1] Aspergillus microcysticus produces aspochalasin A, aspochalasin C, aspochalasin D, and the antibiotic asposterol.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Growth and morphology

A. microcysticus 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: Machida. edited by Masayuki. Gomi. Katsuya. Aspergillus : molecular biology and genomics. 2010. Caister Academic. Wymondham, Norfolk, UK. 978-1-904-45553-0.
• Book: Gunstone. senior reporter F.D.. Aliphatic and related natural product chemistry. 1981. Royal Society of Chemistry. London. 978-0-851-86652-9.
• Samson. R.A.. Peterson. S.W.. Frisvad. J.C.. Varga. J.. New species in Aspergillus section Terrei. Studies in Mycology. June 2011. 69. 1. 39–55. 10.3114/sim.2011.69.04. 21892242. 3161753.

Notes and References

1. Aspergillus. www.uniprot.org. en.
2. Heberle. Wolfgang. Asposterol, ein antibiotikum aus aspergillus microcysticus; unt…. 1 January 1974. de.
3. Book: Brossi. Arnold. The Alkaloids, 40. 1991. Elsevier. Burlington. 978-0-080-86564-5.
4. Book: Dictionary of natural products. 1994. Chapman & Hall. London [u.a.]. 978-0-412-46620-5. 1..
5. Book: Betina. Vladimír. Chromatography of mycotoxins techniques and applications. 1993. Elsevier. Amsterdam. 978-0-080-85862-3.
6. Keller-Schierlein. Walter. Kupfer. Ernst. Stoffwechselprodukte von Mikroorganismen. 186. Mitteilung. Über die Aspochalasine A, B, C und D. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 17 July 1979. 62. 5. 1501–1524. 10.1002/hlca.19790620516.