Aspergillus sloanii
Aspergillus sloanii is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Aspergillus section.[2] The species was first described in 2014.[1] It has been reported to produce auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, flavoglaucin, physcion, tetracyclic, and tetrahydroauroglaucin.[2]
| Aspergillus sloanii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Eurotiales |
| Family: | Trichocomaceae |
| Genus: | Aspergillus |
| Species: | A. sloanii |
| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus sloanii C.M. Visagie, Y. Hirooka & R.A. Samson (2014)[1] | |
Growth and morphology
A. sloanii has been cultivated on both Czapek yeast extract agar (CYA) plates and yeast extract sucrose agar (YES) plates. The growth morphology of the colonies can be seen in the pictures below.
Aspergillus sloanii growing on CYA plate
Aspergillus sloanii growing on YES 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
- Chen, A.J.; Hubka, V.; Frisvad, J.C.; Visagie, C.M.; Houbraken, J.; Meijer, M.; Varga, J.; Demirel, R.; Jurjevic, Z.; Kubátová, A.; Sklenár, F.; Zhou, Y.G.; Samson, R.A. (2017). "Polyphasic taxonomy of Aspergillus section Aspergillus (formerly Eurotium), and its occurrence in indoor environments and food". Studies in Mycology. 88: 37–135. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2017.07.001. PMC 5573881. PMID 28860671.
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