Aspergillus rambellii explained

Aspergillus rambellii is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Ochraceorosei section.^[1] The species was first described in 2005. It accumulates very large amounts of sterigmatocystin, 3-O-methylsterigmatocystin and aflatoxin B1.^[2]

Growth and morphology

A. rambellii 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: Masayuki Machida . Katsuya Gomi . János . Varga . Robert A. . Samson . 2. Molecular Systematics of Aspergillus and its Teleomorphs . Aspergillus: Molecular Biology and Genomics . https://books.google.com/books?id=cDe0afASrnkC&pg=PA19 . 2010 . Horizon Scientific Press . 978-1-904455-53-0 . 19–40.
• Book: János . Varga . Robert A. . Samson . Aspergillus in the Genomic Era . https://books.google.com/books?id=NPDQXdojdjMC&pg=PA33 . 2008 . Wageningen Academic . 978-90-8686-065-4 . 33–53 . Phylogeny and subgeneric taxonomy of Aspergillus . Stephen W. . Peterson . János . Varga . Jens C. . Frisvad . Robert A. . Samson.

Notes and References

1. Chen . A.J.. Frisvad . J.C.. Sun. B.D.. Varga. S.. Kocsubé. S.. Dijksterhuis. J.. Kim. D.H.. Hong. S.-B.. Houbraken. J.. Samson. R.A.. 2016. Aspergillus section Nidulantes (formerly Emericella): Polyphasic taxonomy, chemistry and biology. Studies in Mycology . 84. 1–118. 10.1016/j.simyco.2016.10.001. 28050053. 5198626.
2. Frisvad JC, Skouboe P, Samson RA . Taxonomic comparison of three different groups of aflatoxin producers and a new efficient producer of aflatoxin B1, sterigmatocystin and 3-O-methylsterigmatocystin, Aspergillus rambellii sp. nov . Syst Appl Microbiol . 2005 . 28 . 5 . 442–53 . 16094871 . 10.1016/j.syapm.2005.02.012 .