Aspergillus deflectus

Aspergillus deflectus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus.[2][3] It produces a group of antimicrobial chemical compounds known as deflectins.[4] Aspergillus deflectus is in rare cases pathogenic.[5][6] It is from the Usti section.[7]

Aspergillus deflectus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Eurotiales
Family:	Trichocomaceae
Genus:	Aspergillus
Species:	A. deflectus
Binomial name
Aspergillus deflectus Fennell & Raper (1955)[1][2]
Type strain
ATCC 16807, CBS 109.55, IMI 61448, NRRL 2206, QM 1904, UC4638, WB 2206[3]

Growth and morphology

A. deflectus 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 deflectus growing on CYA plate
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  Aspergillus deflectus growing on MEAOX plate

References

1. Fennell, D.I.; Raper, K.B. (1955). "New species and varieties of Aspergillus". Mycologia. 47: 68–89. doi:10.1080/00275514.1955.12024430.
2. "Aspergillus deflectus". www.mycobank.org.
3. "Aspergillus deflectus". www.uniprot.org.
4. Bycroft, Barrie W. (1987). Dictionary of Antibiotics & Related Substances. CRC Press. ISBN 9780412254505.
5. Powell, Natasha (2004). Botany. Lotus Press. ISBN 9788189093181.
6. Safety, University of Minnesota, Department of Environmental Health &. "Aspergillus deflectus". www.dehs.umn.edu. Archived from the original on 2017-07-12. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
7. Samson, R.A.; Varga, J.; Meijer, M.; Frisvad, J.C. (2011). "New taxa in Aspergillus section Usti". Studies in Mycology. 69: 81–97. doi:10.3114/sim.2011.69.06. PMC 3161758. PMID 21892244.

Further reading

• Gupta, Vijai Kumar (2016). New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Aspergillus System Properties and Applications. Elsevier. ISBN 9780444635136.
• Rahman, Atta-ur- (2005). Studies in Natural Products Chemistry: Indices. Elsevier. ISBN 9780080481203.
• Jang, SS; Dorr, TE; Biberstein, EL; Wong, A (April 1986). "Aspergillus deflectus infection in four dogs". Journal of Medical and Veterinary Mycology : Bi-monthly Publication of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. 24 (2): 95–104. doi:10.1080/02681218680000151. PMID 3723291.