Biology:Aspergillus brunneus

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Short description: Species of fungus

Aspergillus brunneus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. brunneus
Binomial name
Aspergillus brunneus
Delacroix (1893)[1]

Aspergillus brunneus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Aspergillus section.[2] The species was first described in 1893.[1] It has been reported to produce asperflavin, asperentins, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, 5-farnesyl-5,7-dihydroxy-4-methylphthalide, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, mycophenolic acid, neoechinulins, physcion, questin, tetracyclic, and tetrahydroauroglaucin.[2]

Growth and morphology

A. brunneus 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.

References

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Delacroix, G. 1893. Espèces nouvelles observées au Laboratoire de Pathologie végétale. Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France. 9:184
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Chen, A.J.; Hubka, V.; Frisvad, J.C.; Visagie, C.M.; Houbraken, J.; Meijer, M.; Varga, J.; Demirel, R. et al. (2017). "Polyphasic taxonomy of Aspergillus section Aspergillus (formerly Eurotium), and its occurrence in indoor environments and food". Studies in Mycology 88: 37–135. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2017.07.001. PMID 28860671. 

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