Aspergillus ellipticus (also named A. helicothrix) is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. A. ellipticus belongs to the group of black Aspergilli, which are important industrial workhorses.[2][3][4] A. ellipticus belongs to the Nigri section. The species was first described in 1965,[1] and has been shown to produce sclerotia.
| Aspergillus ellipticus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Eurotiales |
| Family: | Aspergillaceae |
| Genus: | Aspergillus |
| Species: | A. ellipticus
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| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus ellipticus Raper & Fennell (1965)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Aspergillus helicothrix | |
The genome of A. ellipticus was sequenced and published in 2014 as part of the Aspergillus whole-genome sequencing project – a project dedicated to performing whole-genome sequencing of all members of the Aspergillus genus.[5] The genome assembly size was 42.87 Mbp.[5]
Growth and morphology
editAspergillus ellipticus 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.
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Aspergillus ellipticus growing on CYA plate -
Aspergillus ellipticus growing on MEAOX plate
References
edit- ^ a b Shaw, C. G. The Genus Aspergillus. Kenneth B. Raper and Dorothy I. Fennell. With a chapter by Peter K. C. Austwick. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1965. xii + 686 pp. Illus. Science 1965, 150, 736–737, doi:10.1126/science.150.3697.736-a.
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- ^ a b "Home - Aspergillus ellipticus CBS 707.79 v1.0". genome.jgi.doe.gov.
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