Aspergillus qinqixianii is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus which has been isolated from desert soil from the Taklimakan desert in China.[4][1][3] It is from the Nidulantes section.[5] Aspergillus qinqixianii produces asteltoxin, asperthecin, emericellin, 2-ω-hydroxyemodin, shamixanthones, terrein, curvularin and dehydrocurvularin.[2]
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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. qinqixianii
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| Aspergillus qinqixianii | |
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| CBS 128788 = IFM 55020 = CMB-FA-866 = DTO 098-H6[2] | |
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Growth and morphology
editA. qinqixianii 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 qinqixianii growing on CYA plate -
Aspergillus qinqixianii growing on MEAOX plate
References
edit- ^ a b c "Aspergillus qinqixianii". www.mycobank.org.
- ^ a b c Chen, A.J.; Frisvad, J.C.; Sun, B.D.; Varga, J.; Kocsubé, S.; Dijksterhuis, J.; Kim, D.H.; Hong, S.-B.; Houbraken, J.; Samson, R.A. (June 2016). "Aspergillus section Nidulantes (formerly Emericella): Polyphasic taxonomy, chemistry and biology". Studies in Mycology. 84: 1–118. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2016.10.001. PMC 5198626. PMID 28050053.
- ^ a b "Aspergillus qinqixianii". www.uniprot.org.
- ^ Horie, Yoshikazu; Abliz, Paride; Hui, Yan; Fukiharu, Toshimitsu; Nishimura, Kazuko; Li, Dong Mei; Li, Ruoyu (January 2000). "Emericella qinqixianii, a new species from desert soil in China". Mycoscience. 41 (2): 183–187. doi:10.1007/BF02464329. S2CID 84784059.
- ^ 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. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2016.10.001. PMC 5198626. PMID 28050053.
Further reading
edit- Samson, Robert A.; Varga, János (1 January 2007). Aspergillus Systematics in the Genomic Era. CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre. ISBN 9789070351694.
- Hubka, Vit; Nováková, Alena; Peterson, Stephen W.; Frisvad, Jens C.; Sklenář, František; Matsuzawa, Tetsuhiro; Kubátová, Alena; Kolařík, Miroslav (31 August 2016). "A reappraisal of Aspergillus section Nidulantes with descriptions of two new sterigmatocystin-producing species". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 302 (9): 1267–99. doi:10.1007/s00606-016-1331-5. S2CID 25984156.
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