Aspergillus puulaauensis explained

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

Growth and morphology

A. puulaauensis 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

• Gutarowska B, Skóra J, Stępień L, Twarużek M, Błajet-Kosicka A, Otlewska A, Grajewski J . Estimation of fungal contamination and mycotoxin production at workplaces in composting plants, tanneries, archives and libraries . World Mycotoxin Journal . 7 . 3 . 345–355 . 2014 . 10.3920/WMJ2013.1640 .
• 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 .

External links

• MycoBank

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.