Aspergillus tennesseensis
Aspergillus tennesseensis 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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Eurotiales |
| Family: | Trichocomaceae |
| Genus: | Aspergillus |
| Species: | A. tennesseensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus tennesseensis Jurjević, S.W. Peterson & B.W. Horn (2012)[1] | |
Growth and morphology
A. tennesseensis 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 tennesseensis growing on CYA plate
Aspergillus tennesseensis growing on MEAOX plate
References
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- Nováková, A.; Hubka, V.; Sáiz-Jiménez, C. (2014). "Microscopic fungi isolated from cave air and sediments in the Nerja Cave—preliminary results". In Saiz-Jimenez, C. (ed.). The Conservation of Subterranean Cultural Heritage. CRC Press. pp. 239–245. ISBN 978-1-315-73997-7.
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