Aspergillus flavipes
Aspergillus flavipes is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Flavipedes section.[2][3] The species was first described in 1926.[1] It has been reported to produce sterigmatocystin, citrinin, and lovastatin.[2]
| Aspergillus flavipes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Eurotiales |
| Family: | Trichocomaceae |
| Genus: | Aspergillus |
| Species: | A. flavipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus flavipes (Bainier & Sartory) Thom & Church (1926)[1] | |
Growth and morphology
A. flavipes 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 flavipes growing on CYA plate
Aspergillus flavipes growing on MEAOX plate
References
- Thom, C.; Church, M. 1926. The Aspergilli. :1-272
- Hubka, Vit; Nováková, Alena; Kolarik, 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.
- 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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