Biology:Aspergillus caperatus
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Short description: Species of fungus
| Aspergillus caperatus | |
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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. caperatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus caperatus A.J. Chen, Frisvad & Samson (2017)[1]
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Aspergillus caperatus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Aspergillus section.[1] The species was first described in 2017.[1] It has been isolated from soil in South Africa .[1] It has been reported to produce auroglaucin, a bisanthron, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, epiheveadrides, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, physcion, and tetrahydroauroglaucin.[1]
Growth and morphology
A. caperatus has been cultivated on both Czapek yeast extract agar (CYA) plates and yeast extract sucrose agar (YES) plates. The growth morphology of the colonies can be seen in the pictures below.
Aspergillus caperatus growing on CYA plate
Aspergillus caperatus growing on YES plate
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q60520274 entry
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