Aspergillus californicus
Aspergillus californicus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Cavernicolus section.[3] The species was first described in 2011.[1] It has been isolated from the shrub Adenostoma fasciculatum in California, United States.[1]
| Aspergillus californicus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Eurotiales |
| Family: | Trichocomaceae |
| Genus: | Aspergillus |
| Species: | A. californicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus californicus Frisvad, Varga & Samson (2011)[1] | |
| Type strain | |
| IBT 16748, CBS 123895, CBS H-20635, IBT 16748[2] | |
Growth and morphology
A. californicus 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 californicus growing on CYA plate
Aspergillus californicus growing on MEAOX plate
References
- Samson, R.A.; Varga, J.; Meijer, M.; Frisvad, J.C. 2011. New taxa in Aspergillus section Usti. Studies in Mycology. 69:81-97
- "Aspergillus californicus". www.uniprot.org.
- Chen, A.J.; Frisvad, J.C.; Sun, B.D.; Varga, S.; Kocsubé, S.; Dijksterhuis, J.; Kim, D.H.; Hong, S.-B.; Houbraken, J.; Samson, R.A. (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. PMC 5198626. PMID 28050053.
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