Aspergillus carlsbadensis

Aspergillus carlsbadensis is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus which has been isolated from the Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico in the United States.[1][2][3] It is from the Usti section.[3]

Aspergillus carlsbadensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. carlsbadensis
Binomial name
Aspergillus carlsbadensis
Frisvad, Varga & Samson, 2011[1]
Type strain
IBT 14493, CBS 12389[1]

Growth and morphology

A. carlsbadensis 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. "Aspergillus carlsbadensis". www.uniprot.org.
  2. "Aspergillus carlsbadensis". www.mycobank.org.
  3. Samson, R.A.; Varga, J.; Meijer, M.; Frisvad, J.C. (June 2011). "New taxa in Aspergillus section Usti". Studies in Mycology. 69 (1): 81–97. doi:10.3114/sim.2011.69.06. PMC 3161758. PMID 21892244.

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