Aspergillus foveolatus

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Aspergillus foveolatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. foveolatus
Binomial name
Aspergillus foveolatus
Y. Horie (1978)[1]

Aspergillus foveolatus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Nidulantes section.[2] The species was first described in 1978.[1] It has been isolated from the herbal drug Tribulus terrestris in India.[2] It has been reported to produce asperthecin, dethiosecoemestrin, emestrin, emestrin B, secoemestrin C, secoemestrin D, emericellenes A-E, desferritriacetylfusigen, paxillin, and violaceic acid.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Horie, Y. 1978. A new species of Emericella from India herbal drug. Transactions of the Mycological Society of Japan. 19:313-317
  2. ^ a b c Chen, A.J.; Frisvad, J.C.; Sun, B.D.; Varga, S.; Kocsubé, S.; Dijksterhuis, J.; Kim, D.H.; Hong, S.-B.; Houbraken, J.; Samson, R.A. (2016). "Aspergillus section Nidulantes (formerly Emericella): Polyphasic taxonomy, chemistry and biology". Studies in Mycology. 84: 1–118. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2016.10.001. PMC 5198626. PMID 28050053.