Aspergillus sclerotiorum is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Circumdati section.[2] The species was first described in 1933.[1] A. sclerotiorum has been reported to produce penicillic acid, xanthomegnin, viomellein, and vioxanthin.[3]
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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. sclerotiorum
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| Aspergillus sclerotiorum G.A. Huber (1933)[1]
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In 2016, the genome of A. sclerotiorum 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.[4] The genome assembly size was 37.97 Mbp.[4]
Growth and morphology
editAspergillus sclerotiorum 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 sclerotiorum growing on CYA plate -
Aspergillus sclerotiorum growing on MEAOX plate
Heavy Metal Tolerance
editIn a study published in Dec 2020, cadmium, chromium, and lead tolerant microbes have been isolated from contaminated mining soil and characterized. Six soil samples were collected from Nanjing mine (32°09′19.29″ N 118°56′57.04″ E). Soil samples were taken from the depth of 0~30 cm and processed within 8 h. After the collection of soil samples, these were kept on dry ice and further used to isolate fungi. Aspergillus Sclerotiorum was one of 5 identified strains that exhibited tolerance to all 3 of these heavy metals.
Molecular characterization of isolated fungi was performed and amplified sequences were deposited in the GenBank NCBI database. Metal tolerance of the various strains has been determined by measuring the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) and the tolerance indexes of all the tested strains against Cd, Cr, and Pb. Bioaccumulation capacities of Trichoderma harzianum and Komagataella phaffi have also been assessed. These findings helped us find a novel strain of Komagataella phaffi and suggested it to be the potential mycoremediation microbe to alleviate the contamination of Cd, Cr, and Pb. Future studies of this fungal strain can help us to understand its resistance mechanism against other heavy metals, too.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Huber, G.A. (1933). "Aspergillus sclerotiorum, n. sp., and its relation to decay of apples". Phytopathology. 23: 306–308.
- ^ Siqueira, JPZ; Sutton, DA; Gené, J; García, D; Wiederhold, N; Peterson, SW; Guarro, J (2017). "Multilocus phylogeny and antifungal susceptibility of Aspergillus section Circumdati from clinical samples and description of A. pseudosclerotiorum sp. nov". J Clin Microbiol. 55 (3): 947–958. doi:10.1128/JCM.02012-16. PMC 5328464. PMID 28053212.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Aspergillus sclerotiorum CBS 549.65 v1.0". Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute.
- ^ Liaquat, Fiza; Munis, Muhammad Farooq Hussain; Haroon, Urooj; Arif, Samiah; Saqib, Saddam; Zaman, Wajid; Khan, Ali Raza; Shi, Jianxin; Che, Shengquan; Liu, Qunlu (15 December 2020). "Evaluation of Metal Tolerance of Fungal Strains Isolated from Contaminated Mining Soil of Nanjing, China". Biology. 9 (12): 469. doi:10.3390/biology9120469. PMC 7765179. PMID 33333787.
This article incorporates text by Laiquat, Munis, Haroon, et al available under the CC BY 4.0 license.