Aspergillus arcoverdensis

Aspergillus arcoverdensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. arcoverdensis
Binomial name
Aspergillus arcoverdensis
Y. Horie, Matsuzawa, Yaguchi & Camp.-Takaki (2015)[1]

Aspergillus arcoverdensis is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Fumigati section.[1] The species was first described in 2015.[1]

Growth and morphology

A. arcoverdensis 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 arcoverdensis growing on CYA plate
    Aspergillus arcoverdensis growing on CYA plate
  • Aspergillus arcoverdensis growing in MEAOX plate
    Aspergillus arcoverdensis growing in MEAOX plate

References

  1. ^ a b c Matsuzawa, Tetsuhiro; Takaki, Galba; Yaguchi, Takashi; Okada, Kaoru; Abliz, Paride; Gonoi, Tohru; Horie, Yoshikazu (2015). "Aspergillus arcoverdensis, a new species of Aspergillus section Fumigati isolated from caatinga soil in State of Pernambuco, Brazil". Mycoscience. 56 (2): 123–131. doi:10.1016/j.myc.2014.04.006.


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