Aspergillus desertorum explained

Aspergillus desertorum is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus which has been isolated from desert soil.^{[1] [2]} It is from the Nidulantes section.^[3] Aspergillus desertorum produces desertorin A, desertorin B, desertorin C, paxiline and emindol DA.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

In 2016, the genome of A. desertorum was sequenced as a part of the Aspergillus whole-genome sequencing project - a project dedicated to performing whole-genome sequencing of all members of the genus Aspergillus.^[8] The genome assembly size was 29.04 Mbp.^[8]

Growth and morphology

A. desertorum 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: Cordell. Geoffrey A.. The alkaloids. 2003. Elservier Academic Press. Amsterdam. 978-0-080-52149-7.
• Book: R.H. Thomson . The Chemistry of natural products. 1993. Springer Netherlands. Dordrecht. 978-9-401-12144-6. Second.
• Book: Martin. Robert. Aromatic Hydroxyketones: Preparation and Physical Properties. 2011. Springer Science+Business Media B.V.. Dordrecht. 978-1-402-09787-4. 3rd.
• Book: Marco A.. van den Berg. Karunakaran. Maruthachalam. Genetic Transformation Systems in Fungi, Band 2. 2014. Springer. 978-3-319-10503-1.
• Book: Krishnaswamy. N.R.. Chemistry of natural products : a unified approach. 1999. Universities Press. Hyderabad, India. 978-8-173-71093-3.
• Rizzacasa. Mark A.. Sargent. Melvyn V.. The synthesis of desertorin C, a bicoumarin from the fungus Emericella desertorum. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1. 1 January 1988. 8. 2425–2428. 10.1039/P19880002425. en. 1364-5463.
• Samson. R. A.. Mouchacca. J.. Some interesting species of Emericella and Aspergillus from Egyptian desert soil. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 1974. 40. 1. 121–131. 10.1007/BF00394559. 4545193. 26536814 .

Notes and References

1. Samson. R. A.. Mouchacca. J.. Some interesting species of Emericella and Aspergillus from Egyptian desert soil. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 1974. 40. 1. 121–131. 10.1007/BF00394559. 4545193. 26536814 .
2. Emericella%20desertorum - Global Catalogue of Microorganisms. GCM.WFCC.info.
3. 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.
4. Book: Tamm. Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products . R.D.H. Murray . J.A. Robinson . W. Herz . G.W. Kirby . W. Steglich . Ch.. Fortschritte der Chemie organischer Naturstoffe. 1991. Springer Vienna. Vienna. 978-3-709-19141-5.
5. Book: Betina. Vladimír. Chromatography of mycotoxins techniques and applications. 1993. Elsevier. Amsterdam. 978-0-080-85862-3.
6. Book: Wink. Michael. Functions of plant secondary metabolites and their exploitation in biotechnology. 1999. Sheffield Acad. Press . Sheffield. 978-1-841-27008-1. 1st.
7. Book: etal . Buckingham. I.W. Southon . J.. Dictionary of alkaloids. 1989. Chapman and Hall. London. 978-0-412-24910-5. 1st.
8. Web site: Home - Aspergillus desertorum CBS 653.73 v1.0.