Aspergillus tonophilus
| Aspergillus tonophilus | |
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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. tonophilus
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| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus tonophilus Ohtsuki (1962)[1]
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Aspergillus tonophilus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Aspergillus section.[2] The species was first described in 1962.[1] It has been reported to produce auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, flavoglaucin, an apolar indoloterpene, isoechinulins, neoechinulins, and tetrahydroauroglaucin.[2]
Growth and morphology[edit]
A. tonophilus 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.
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Aspergillus tonophilus growing on MEAOX plate -
Aspergillus tonophilus growing on YES plate
References[edit]
- ^ a b Ohtsuki, T. 1962. Studies on the glass mould: On two species of Aspergillus isolated from glass. Botanical Magazine Tokyo. 75:436-442
- ^ a b 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.
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