Aspergillus brevijanus

Aspergillus brevijanus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Jani section.[2] The section only contains the two species A. brevijanus and A. janus. The colonies of the members of the section have both white and green sections.[2] The species was first described in 2008.[1]

Aspergillus brevijanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. brevijanus
Binomial name
Aspergillus brevijanus
S.W. Peterson (2008)[1]

In 2016, the genome of A. brevijanus was sequenced as a part of the Aspergillus whole-genome sequencing project - a project dedicated to performing whole-genome sequencing of all members of the genus Aspergillus.[3] The genome assembly size was 36.00 Mbp.[3]

Growth and morphology

A. brevijanus 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 brevijanus growing on CYA plate
  • Aspergillus brevijanus growing on MEAOX plate

References
  1. Peterson, S.W. 2008. Phylogenetic analysis of Aspergillus species using DNA sequences from four loci. Mycologia. 100(2):205-226
  2. Hubka, Vit; Nováková, Alena; Kolarík, Miroslav; Jurjevic, Zeljko; Peterson, Stephen W. (2015). "Revision of Aspergillus section Flavipedes: seven new species and proposal of section Jani sect. nov". Mycologia. 107 (1): 169–208. doi:10.3852/14-059. PMID 25344259.
  3. https://genome.jgi.doe.gov/Aspbrev1/Aspbrev1.home.html


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