Aspergillus stella-maris is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Nidulantes section.[2] The species was first described in 2008.[1] A. stella-maris has been reported to produce emericellin and shamixanthone.[2] It has star-shaped ascospores.[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. stella-maris
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| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus stella-maris Zalar, Frisvad & Samson (2008)[1]
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The genome of A. stella-maris was in 2016 sequenced as a part of the Aspergillus whole-genome sequencing project - a project dedicated to performing whole-genome sequencing of all members of the Aspergillus genus.[3] The genome assembly size was 34.00 Mbp.[3]
Growth and morphology
editAspergillus stella-maris 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 stella-maris growing on CYA plate -
Aspergillus stella-maris growing on MEAOX plate
References
edit- ^ a b Zalar, P.; Frisvad, J.C.; Gunde-Cimerman, N.; Varga, J.; Samson, R.A. 2008. Four new species of Emericella from the Mediterranean region of Europe. Mycologia. 100(5):779-795
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b "Home - Aspergillus stella-maris CBS 113639 v1.0". Mycocosm.jgi.doe.gov. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
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