Aspergillus petrakii
| Aspergillus petrakii | |
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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. petrakii
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| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus petrakii Vörös-Felkai (1957)[1]
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Aspergillus petrakii is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Circumdati section.[2] The species was first described in 1957.[1]
Growth and morphology[edit]
A. petrakii 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.
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Aspergillus petrakii growing on CYA plate -
Aspergillus petrakii growing on MEAOX plate
References[edit]
- ^ a b Vörös, J. 1957. A new species of Aspergillus from Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say. Beihefte zur Sydowia. 1:62-63
- ^ Visagie, C.M.; Varga, J.; Houbraken, J.; Meijer, M.; Kocsubé, S.; Yilmaz, N.; Fotedar, R.; Seifert, K.A.; Frisvad, J.C.; Samson, R.A. (2014). "Ochratoxin production and taxonomy of the yellow aspergilli (Aspergillus section Circumdati)". Studies in Mycology. 78: 1–61. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2014.07.001. PMC 4255584. PMID 25492980.
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