Biology:Aspergillus conjunctus

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Short description: Species of fungus

Aspergillus conjunctus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. conjunctus
Binomial name
Aspergillus conjunctus
Kwon-Chung & Fennell (1965)[1]

Aspergillus conjunctus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Sparsi section.[2][3] The species was first described in 1965.[1] It has been isolated from forest soil in Costa Rica.[2] It has been reported to produce auroglaucin.[2]

Growth and morphology

A. conjunctus 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. 1.0 1.1 Raper, K.B.; Fennell, D.I. 1965. The Genus Aspergillus. :1-686
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Varga, J.; Frisvad, J.C.; Samson, R.A. (2010). "Polyphasic taxonomy of Aspergillus section Sparsi". IMA Fungus 1: 187–195. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2016.10.001. PMID 28050053. 
  3. Chen, A.J.; Frisvad, J.C.; Sun, B.D.; Varga, S.; Kocsubé, S.; Dijksterhuis, J.; Kim, D.H.; Hong, S.-B. et al. (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. PMID 28050053. 

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