Aspergillus megasporus | |
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A. megasporus, click on image for explanation. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Eurotiales |
Family: | Aspergillaceae |
Genus: | Aspergillus |
Species: | A. megasporus
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Binomial name | |
Aspergillus megasporus C.M. Visagie, N. Yilmaz & K.A. Seifert (2017)
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Aspergillus megasporus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Aspergillus section. [1] The species was first described in 2017. [1] It has been reported to produce asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulin, emodin, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, preechinulin, physcion, quinolactacin (A1, A2, B), tetracyclic, and tetrahydroauroglaucin. [1]
Aspergillus megasporus has been cultivated on both yeast extract sucrose agar (YES) plates and Malt Extract Agar Oxoid® (MEAOX) plates. The growth morphology of the colonies can be seen in the pictures below.
Aspergillus megasporus | |
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A. megasporus, click on image for explanation. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Eurotiales |
Family: | Aspergillaceae |
Genus: | Aspergillus |
Species: | A. megasporus
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Binomial name | |
Aspergillus megasporus C.M. Visagie, N. Yilmaz & K.A. Seifert (2017)
[1]
|
Aspergillus megasporus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Aspergillus section. [1] The species was first described in 2017. [1] It has been reported to produce asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulin, emodin, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, preechinulin, physcion, quinolactacin (A1, A2, B), tetracyclic, and tetrahydroauroglaucin. [1]
Aspergillus megasporus has been cultivated on both yeast extract sucrose agar (YES) plates and Malt Extract Agar Oxoid® (MEAOX) plates. The growth morphology of the colonies can be seen in the pictures below.