| Aspergillus flavipes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Eurotiales |
| Family: | Aspergillaceae |
| Genus: | Aspergillus |
| Species: | A. flavipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus flavipes (Bainier & Sartory) Thom & Church (1926) | |
Aspergillus flavipes is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Flavipedes section. The species was first described in 1926. It has been reported to produce sterigmatocystin, citrinin, and lovastatin.
Growth and morphology
A. flavipes 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.
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Aspergillus flavipes growing on CYA plate
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Aspergillus flavipes growing on MEAOX plate
References
- ^ Thom, C.; Church, M. 1926. The Aspergilli. :1-272
- ^ Hubka, Vit; Nováková, Alena; Kolarik, Miroslav; Jurjevic, Zeljko; Peterson, Stephen W. (2015). "Revision of Aspergillus section Flavipedes: seven new species and proposal of section Jani sect. nov". Mycologia. 107 (1): 169–208. doi:10.3852/14-059. PMID 25344259.
- Arzanlou, M.; Samadi, R.; Frisvad, J.C.; Houbraken, J.; Ghosta, Y. (2016). "Two novel Aspergillus species from hypersaline soils of The National Park of Lake Urmia, Iran". Mycol Progress. 15 (10–11): 1081–1092. doi:10.1007/s11557-016-1230-8.
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| Aspergillus flavipes | |
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