Aspergillus steynii is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Circumdati section.[2][3] The species was first described in 2004.[1] It has been shown to produce Ochratoxin A.[2]
| Aspergillus steynii | |
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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. steynii
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| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus steynii Frisvad & Samson (2004)[1]
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The genome of A. steynii 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][5] The genome assembly size was 37.85 Mbp.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Frisvad, JC; Frank, JM; Houbraken, JAMP; Kuijpers, AFA; Samson, RA (2004). "New ochratoxin A producing species of Aspergillus section Circumdati". Studies in Mycology. 50 (1): 23–44.
- ^ a b Gil-Serna, Jéssica; Vázquez, Covadonga; Sardinas, Noelia; González-Jaén, Teresa; Patino, Belén (2010). "Revision of ochratoxin a production capacity by the main species of Aspergillus section Circumdati. Aspergillus steynii revealed as the main risk of OTA contamination". Food Control. 22 (2): 343–345. doi:10.1016/j.foodcont.2010.06.018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kjaerbolling I, Vesth TC, Frisvad JC, Nybo JL, Theobald S, Kuo A, Bowyer P, Matsuda Y, Mondo S, Lyhne EK, Kogle ME, Clum A, Lipzen A, Salamov A, Ngan CY, Daum C, Chiniquy J, Barry K, LaButti K, Haridas S, Simmons BA, Magnuson JK, Mortensen UH, Larsen TO, Grigoriev IV, Baker SE, Andersen MR Linking secondary metabolites to gene clusters through genome sequencing of six diverse Aspergillus species. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Jan 23;115(4):E753-E761. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1715954115. Epub 2018 Jan 9
- ^ a b "Home - Aspergillus steynii IBT 23096 v1.0". genome.jgi.doe.gov.
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