Aspergillus_dimorphicus

<i>Aspergillus dimorphicus</i>

Aspergillus dimorphicus

Species of fungus

Aspergillus dimorphicus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Cremei section.[2] The species was first described in 1969.[1] It has been reported to produce wentilactones.[3]

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Growth and morphology

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

References

  1. [1]
    Mehrotra, B.S.; Prasad, R. 1969. Aspergillus dimorphicus and Emericella cleisto-minuta sp. nov. from Indian soils. Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 52(2):331-336
  2. [2]
    Samson, R.A.; Visagie, C.M.; Houbraken, J.; Hong, B.-S.; Hubka, V.; Klaassen, C.H.W.; Perrone, G.; Seifert, K.A.; Susca, A.; Tanney, J.B.; Varga, J.; Kocsubé, S.; Szigeti, G.; Yaguchi, T.; Frisvad, J.C. (2014). "Phylogeny, identification and nomenclature of the genus Aspergillus". Studies in Mycology. 78: 141–173. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2014.07.004. PMC 4260807. PMID 25492982.
  3. [3]
    Xu, Rui; Xu, Gang-Ming; Li, Xiao-Ming; Li, Chun-Shun; Wang, Bin-Gui (2015). "Characterization of a Newly Isolated Marine Fungus Aspergillus dimorphicus for Optimized Production of the Anti-Tumor Agent Wentilactones". Marine Drugs. 13 (11): 7040–7054. doi:10.3390/md13117040. PMC 4663565. PMID 26610530.


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