Aspergillus heyangensis
Aspergillus heyangensis is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Aenei section.[2][3] The species was first described in 1994.[1] It has been reported to produce a decaturin.[3]
| Aspergillus heyangensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Eurotiales |
| Family: | Trichocomaceae |
| Genus: | Aspergillus |
| Species: | A. heyangensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus heyangensis Z.T. Qi, Z.M. Sun & Yu X. Wang (1994)[1] | |
Growth and morphology
A. heyangensis 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 heyangensis growing on CYA plate
Aspergillus heyangensis growing on MEAOX plate
References
- Sun & Qi 1994, Acta Mycol. Sinica 13(2): 81
- 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.
- Varga, J.; Frisvad, J.C.; Samson, R.A. (2010). "Aspergillus sect. Aeni sect. nov., a new section of the genus for A. karnatakaensis sp. nov. and some allied fungi". IMA Fungus. 1 (2): 197–205. PMC 3348773. PMID 22679580.
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