Biology:Aspergillus dimorphicus
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Short description: Species of fungus
| Aspergillus dimorphicus | |
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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. dimorphicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus dimorphicus B.S. Mehrotra & R. Prasad (1969)[1]
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Aspergillus dimorphicus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Cremei section.[2] The species was first described in 1969.[1] It has been reported to produce wentilactones.[3]
Growth and morphology
A. dimorphicus 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 dimorphicus growing on CYA plate
Aspergillus dimorphicus growing on MEAOX plate
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mehrotra, B.S.; Prasad, R. 1969. Aspergillus dimorphicus and Emericella cleisto-minuta sp. nov. from Indian soils. Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 52(2):331-336
- ↑ Samson, R.A.; Visagie, C.M.; Houbraken, J.; Hong, B.-S.; Hubka, V.; Klaassen, C.H.W.; Perrone, G.; Seifert, K.A. et al. (2014). "Phylogeny, identification and nomenclature of the genus Aspergillus". Studies in Mycology 78: 141–173. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2014.07.004. PMID 25492982.
- ↑ Xu, Rui; Xu, Gang-Ming; Li, Xiao-Ming; Li, Chun-Shun; Wang, Bin-Gui (2015). "Characterization of a Newly Isolated Marine Fungus Aspergillus dimorphicus for Optimized Production of the Anti-Tumor Agent Wentilactones". Marine Drugs 13 (11): 7040–7054. doi:10.3390/md13117040. PMID 26610530.
Wikidata ☰ Q10419969 entry
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