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Aspergillus neocarnoyi

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Species of fungus

Aspergillus neocarnoyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species: A. neocarnoyi
Binomial name
Aspergillus neocarnoyi
Kozakiewicz (1989)

Aspergillus neocarnoyi is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Aspergillus section. The species was first described in 1989. It has been reported to produce asperentins, asperflavin, auroglaucin, a bisanthron, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, flavoglaucin, neoechinulins, questin, questinol, tetracyclic, and tetrahydroauroglaucin.

Growth and morphology

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

References

  1. ^ Kozakiewicz, Z. 1989. Aspergillus species on the stored products. Mycological Papers. 161:1-188
  2. ^ Chen, A.J.; Hubka, V.; Frisvad, J.C.; Visagie, C.M.; Houbraken, J.; Meijer, M.; Varga, J.; Demirel, R.; Jurjevic, Z.; Kubátová, A.; Sklenár, F.; Zhou, Y.G.; Samson, R.A. (2017). "Polyphasic taxonomy of Aspergillus section Aspergillus (formerly Eurotium), and its occurrence in indoor environments and food". Studies in Mycology. 88: 37–135. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2017.07.001. PMC 5573881. PMID 28860671.
Taxon identifiers
Aspergillus neocarnoyi


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