Aspergillus cibarius
Aspergillus cibarius is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Aspergillus section.[2] The species was first described in 2012.[1] It has been reported to produce asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, emodin, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, neoechinulins physcion, tetracyclic, and tetrahydroauroglaucin.[2]
| Aspergillus cibarius | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Eurotiales |
| Family: | Trichocomaceae |
| Genus: | Aspergillus |
| Species: | A. cibarius |
| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus cibarius S.B. Hong & R.A. Samson (2012)[1] | |
Growth and morphology
A. cibarius has been cultivated on both Czapek yeast extract agar (CYA) plates and yeast extract sucrose agar (YES) plates. The growth morphology of the colonies can be seen in the pictures below.
Aspergillus cibarius growing on CYA plate
Aspergillus cibarius growing on YES plate
References
- Hong, S.B; Lee, M.A; Kim, D.H; Meijer M, de Vries, R.P; Samson R.A. 2012. Aspergillus cibarius sp. nov., from traditional meju in Korea. The Journal of Microbiology. 50(4):712-714
- 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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