Aspergillus tabacinus explained

Aspergillus tabacinus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Versicolores section.^{[1] [2]} The species was first described in 1934.^[3]

Growth and morphology

A. tabacinus 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. 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 .
3. Nakazawa . Y. Takeda . Simo . Watanabe . A. . 1934 . J. Agric. Chem. Soc. Japan . 10 . 2. 177 .