Aspergillus flavipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)[1]

Aspergillus flavipes is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Flavipedes section.[2][3] The species was first described in 1926.[1] It has been reported to produce sterigmatocystin, citrinin, and lovastatin.[2]

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.

References

  1. 1 2 Thom, C.; Church, M. 1926. The Aspergilli. :1-272
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. 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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