Aspergillus austroafricanus

Aspergillus austroafricanus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Versicolores section.[1] The species was first described in 2012.[1] It has been isolated in South Africa.[1]

Aspergillus austroafricanus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. austroafricanus
Binomial name
Aspergillus austroafricanus
Jurjević, S.W. Peterson & B.W. Horn (2012)[1]

Growth and morphology

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A. austroafricanus 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

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  1. ^ a b c d Jurhevic, Zeljko; Peterson, Stephen W.; Horn, Bruce W. (2012). "Aspergillus section Versicolores: nine new species and multilocus DNA sequence based phylogeny". IMA Fungus. 3 (1): 59–79. doi:10.5598/imafungus.2012.03.01.07. PMC 3399103. PMID 23155501.

Further reading

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  • Ebrahim W, El-Neketi M, Lewald LI, Orfali RS, Lin W, Rehberg N, Kalscheuer R, Daletos G, Proksch P (2016). "Metabolites from the Fungal Endophyte Aspergillus austroafricanus in Axenic Culture and in Fungal–Bacterial Mixed Cultures". Journal of Natural Products. 79 (4): 914–922. doi:10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00975. PMID 27070198.
  • Tsang CC, Hui TW, Lee KC, Chen JH, Ngan AH, Tam EW, Chan JF, Wu AL, Cheung M, Tse BP, Wu AK, Lai CK, Tsang DN, Que TL, Lam CW, Yuen KY, Lau SK, Woo PC (2016). "Genetic diversity of Aspergillus species isolated from onychomycosis and Aspergillus hongkongensis sp. nov., with implications to antifungal susceptibility testing". Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 84 (2): 125–34. doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.10.027. PMID 26658315.