Aspergillus desertorum

Aspergillus desertorum is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus which has been isolated from desert soil.[4][5][3][1] It is from the Nidulantes section.[6] Aspergillus desertorum produces desertorin A, desertorin B, desertorin C, paxiline and emindol DA.[7][8][9][10]

Aspergillus desertorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. desertorum
Binomial name
Aspergillus desertorum
(Samson & Mouchacca) Samson, Visagie & Houbraken (1974) Samson, Visagie & Houbraken (2014)[1]
Type strain
CBS 653.73, IFO 30840, IMI 343076, NBRC 30840, NRRL 5921[2]
Synonyms

Emericella desertorum[3]

In 2016, the genome of A. desertorum was sequenced as a part of the Aspergillus whole-genome sequencing project - a project dedicated to performing whole-genome sequencing of all members of the genus Aspergillus.[11] The genome assembly size was 29.04 Mbp.[11]

Growth and morphology

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A. desertorum 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

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  1. ^ a b "Aspergillus desertorum". www.mycobank.org.
  2. ^ "Emericella desertorum Taxon Passport - StrainInfo". www.straininfo.net. Archived from the original on 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  3. ^ a b "Aspergillus desertorum". www.uniprot.org.
  4. ^ Samson, R. A.; Mouchacca, J. (1974). "Some interesting species of Emericella and Aspergillus from Egyptian desert soil". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 40 (1): 121–131. doi:10.1007/BF00394559. PMID 4545193. S2CID 26536814.
  5. ^ "Emericella%20desertorum - Global Catalogue of Microorganisms". GCM.WFCC.info.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ R.D.H. Murray, Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products; J.A. Robinson (1991). Tamm, Ch.; W. Herz; G.W. Kirby; W. Steglich (eds.). Fortschritte der Chemie organischer Naturstoffe. Vienna: Springer Vienna. ISBN 978-3-709-19141-5.
  8. ^ Betina, Vladimír, ed. (1993). Chromatography of mycotoxins techniques and applications. Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-080-85862-3.
  9. ^ Wink, Michael, ed. (1999). Functions of plant secondary metabolites and their exploitation in biotechnology (1st ed.). Sheffield: Sheffield Acad. Press. ISBN 978-1-841-27008-1.
  10. ^ Buckingham, J.; I.W. Southon; et al., eds. (1989). Dictionary of alkaloids (1st ed.). London: Chapman and Hall. ISBN 978-0-412-24910-5.
  11. ^ a b "Home - Aspergillus desertorum CBS 653.73 v1.0".

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