Aspergillus elegans
| Aspergillus elegans | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Eurotiales |
| Family: | Aspergillaceae |
| Genus: | Aspergillus |
| Species: | A. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus elegans Gasperini (1887)[1] | |
Aspergillus elegans is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Circumdati section.[2] The species was first described in 1978.[1]
Growth and morphology
[edit]A. elegans 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.
Aspergillus elegans growing on CYA plate
Aspergillus elegans growing on MEAOX plate
References
[edit]- 1 2 Gasperini, G. 1887. Sopra un nuovo morbo, che attacca i limoni e sopra alcuni ifomiceti. Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali. 8(2):328-332
- ↑ 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.