Aspergillus qinqixianii

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Aspergillus qinqixianii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. qinqixianii
Binomial name
Aspergillus qinqixianii
Y. Horie, Abliz & R.Y. Li (2000)[1][2]
Type strain
CBS 128788 = IFM 55020 = CMB-FA-866 = DTO 098-H6[2]
Synonyms

Emericella qinqixianii[1][3]

Aspergillus qinqixianii is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus which has been isolated from desert soil from the Taklimakan desert in China.[4][1][3] It is from the Nidulantes section.[5] Aspergillus qinqixianii produces asteltoxin, asperthecin, emericellin, 2-ω-hydroxyemodin, shamixanthones, terrein, curvularin and dehydrocurvularin.[2]

Growth and morphology[edit]

A. qinqixianii 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[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Aspergillus qinqixianii". www.mycobank.org.
  2. ^ a b c Chen, A.J.; Frisvad, J.C.; Sun, B.D.; Varga, J.; Kocsubé, S.; Dijksterhuis, J.; Kim, D.H.; Hong, S.-B.; Houbraken, J.; Samson, R.A. (June 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.
  3. ^ a b "Aspergillus qinqixianii". www.uniprot.org.
  4. ^ Horie, Yoshikazu; Abliz, Paride; Hui, Yan; Fukiharu, Toshimitsu; Nishimura, Kazuko; Li, Dong Mei; Li, Ruoyu (January 2000). "Emericella qinqixianii, a new species from desert soil in China". Mycoscience. 41 (2): 183–187. doi:10.1007/BF02464329. S2CID 84784059.
  5. ^ 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.

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