Aspergillus persii is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus which can cause onychomycosis.[1][2][3] and otomycosis[4]
| Aspergillus persii | |
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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. persii
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| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus persii A.M. Corte & Zotti 2002[1]
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| Type strain | |
| CBS 112795, IBT 22660, MUCL 41970[2] | |
It is from the Circumdati section.[5] Aspergillus persii produces xanthomegnin and ochratoxin A.[6][7][8]
Growth and morphology
editA. persii 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 persii growing on CYA plate -
Aspergillus persii growing on MEAOX plate
References
edit- ^ a b "Aspergillus persii". www.mycobank.org.
- ^ a b "Aspergillus persii". www.uniprot.org.
- ^ Zotti, M; Machetti, M; Perotti, M; Barabino, G; Persi, A (June 2010). "A new species, Aspergillus persii, as an agent of onychomycosis". Medical Mycology. 48 (4): 656–60. doi:10.3109/13693780903420641. PMID 20055738.
- ^ Merad, Yassine; Adjmi-Hamoudi, Haiat; Cassaing, Sophie; Mehadji, Mohamed; Berry, Antoine (2016-03-01). "Première description d'Aspergillus persii en tant qu'agent d'otomycose : à propos de trois cas, dans deux différentes villes d'Algérie". Journal de Mycologie Médicale. 26 (1): 70. doi:10.1016/j.mycmed.2016.02.010. ISSN 1156-5233.
- ^ Visagie, C.M.; Varga, J.; Houbraken, J.; Meijer, M.; Kocsubé, S.; Yilmaz, N.; Fotedar, R.; Seifert, K.A.; Frisvad, J.C.; Samson, R.A. (2014). "Ochratoxin production and taxonomy of the yellow aspergilli (Aspergillus section Circumdati)". Studies in Mycology. 78: 1–61. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2014.07.001. PMC 4255584. PMID 25492980.
- ^ Dijksterhuis, Jan; Samson, Robert A. (2007). Food Mycology: A Multifaceted Approach to Fungi and Food. CRC Press. ISBN 9781420020984.
- ^ Saeger, Sarah De (2011). Determining Mycotoxins and Mycotoxigenic Fungi in Food and Feed. Elsevier. ISBN 9780857090973.
- ^ Anke, Timm; Weber, Daniela (2009). Physiology and Genetics: Selected Basic and Applied Aspects. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783642002861.
Further reading
edit- Kim, Jung A.; Jeon, Jongbum; Park, Sook-Young; Kim, Ki-Tae; Choi, Gobong; Nguyen, Hoa Thi; Jeon, Sun Jeong; Lee, Hyang Burm; Bae, Chang-Hwan; Yang, Hee-sun; Yeo, Joo-Hong; Kim, Jin-Cheol; Lee, Yong-Hwan; Kim, Soonok (21 September 2017). "Draft Genome Sequence of Aspergillus persii NIBRFGC000004109, Which Has Antibacterial Activity against Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria". Genome Announcements. 5 (38): e00932–17. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00932-17. PMC 5609410. PMID 28935731.
- "Aspergillus persii | Aspergillus & Aspergillosis Website". www.aspergillus.org.uk.
- "Aspergillus persii | Aspergillus & Aspergillosis Website". www.aspergillus.org.uk.
- Lamoth, Frederic; Steinbach, William J. (2016). Advances in Aspergillus fumigatus pathobiology. Frontiers Media SA. ISBN 9782889197897.
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