Aspergillus capensis
Aspergillus capensis is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Flavipedes section.[2] The species was first described in 2014.[1]
| Aspergillus capensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Eurotiales |
| Family: | Trichocomaceae |
| Genus: | Aspergillus |
| Species: | A. capensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus capensis Visagie, Hirooka & Samson (2014)[1] | |
Growth and morphology
A. capensis 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 capensis growing on CYA plate
Aspergillus capensis growing on MEAOX plate
References
- Visagie, C.M.; Hirooka, Y.; Tanney, T.; Whitfield, E.; Mwange, K.; Meijer, M.; Amend, A.S.; Seifert, K.A.; Samson, R.A. 2014. Aspergillus, Penicillium and Talaromyces isolated from house dust samples collected around the world. Studies in Mycology. 78:63-139
- Arzanlou, M.; Samadi, R.; Frisvad, J.C.; Houbraken, J.; Ghosta, Y. (2016). "Two novel Aspergillus species from hypersaline soils of The National Park of Lake Urmia, Iran". Mycol Progress. 15 (10–11): 1081–1092. doi:10.1007/s11557-016-1230-8.
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