Aspergillus puulaauensis

Aspergillus puulaauensis is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Versicolores section.[1][2] The species was first described in 2012.[1]

Aspergillus puulaauensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. puulaauensis
Binomial name
Aspergillus puulaauensis
Jurjević, S.W. Peterson & B.W. Horn (2012)[1]

Growth and morphology

A. puulaauensis 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 puulaauensis growing on CYA plate
  • Aspergillus puulaauensis growing on MEAOX plate

References
  1. Jurjevic, Zeljko; Peterson, Stephen W.; Horn, Bruce W. (2012). "Aspergillus section Versicolores: nine new species and multilocus dNA sequence based phylogeny". IMA Fungus. 3 (1): 59–795. doi:10.5598/imafungus.2012.03.01.07. ISSN 2210-6340. PMC 3399103. PMID 23155501.
  2. Siqueira, J.P.Z.; Sutton, D.A.; Garcia, D.; Gené, J.; Thomson, P.; Wiederhold, N.; Guarro, J. (2016). "Species diversity of Aspergillus section Versicolores in clinical samples and antifungal susceptibility". Fungal Biology. 120 (11): 1458–1467. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2016.02.006. PMID 27742099.

Further reading
  • Gutarowska B, Skóra J, Stępień L, Twarużek M, Błajet-Kosicka A, Otlewska A, Grajewski J (2014). "Estimation of fungal contamination and mycotoxin production at workplaces in composting plants, tanneries, archives and libraries". World Mycotoxin Journal. 7 (3): 345–355. doi:10.3920/WMJ2013.1640.
  • Jurjević Ž, Peterson SW, Solfrizzo M, Peraica M (2013). "Sterigmatocystin production by nine newly described Aspergillus species in section Versicolores grown on two different media". Mycotoxin Research. 29 (3): 141–5. doi:10.1007/s12550-013-0160-4. PMID 23417508.
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