Aspergillus neocarnoyi explained

Aspergillus neocarnoyi is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Aspergillus section.^[1] The species was first described in 1989.^[2] It has been reported to produce asperentins, asperflavin, auroglaucin, a bisanthron, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, flavoglaucin, neoechinulins, questin, questinol, tetracyclic, and tetrahydroauroglaucin.^[1]

Growth and morphology

A. neocarnoyi 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.

References

1. Chen. A.J.. Hubka . V.. Frisvad. J.C.. Visagie . C.M.. Houbraken . J. . Meijer . M.. Varga . J.. Demirel . R. . Jurjevic. Z.. Kubátová . A.. Sklenár. F. . Zhou . Y.G. . Samson . R.A.. 2017. Polyphasic taxonomy of Aspergillus section Aspergillus (formerly Eurotium), and its occurrence in indoor environments and food . Studies in Mycology . 88. 37–135. 10.1016/j.simyco.2017.07.001. 28860671. 5573881.
2. Kozakiewicz, Z. 1989. Aspergillus species on the stored products. Mycological Papers. 161:1-188