Biology:Aspergillus creber

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Short description: Species of fungus

Aspergillus creber
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. creber
Binomial name
Aspergillus creber
Jurjevic, Peterson & Horn (2012)[1]

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

Growth and morphology

A. creber 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.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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. 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

  • "The extreme environment of a library: xerophilic fungi inhabiting indoor niches". International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 99: 1–7. 2015. doi:10.1016/j.ibiod.2014.12.012. 
  • "Fungal secondary metabolite analysis applied to Cultural Heritage: the case of a contaminated library in Venice". World Mycotoxin Journal 9 (3): 397–407. 2016. doi:10.3920/WMJ2015.1958. 

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