Aspergillus insolitus
Aspergillus insolitus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Polypaecilum section.[2] The species was first described in 2014.[1] The genome of A. insolitus was in 2016 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.[3] The genome assembly size was 23.18 Mbp.[3]
| Aspergillus insolitus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Eurotiales |
| Family: | Trichocomaceae |
| Genus: | Aspergillus |
| Species: | A. insolitus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus insolitus (G. Smith) Houbraken, Visagie & Samson (2014)[1] | |
Growth and morphology
A. insolitus 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.
Aspergillus insolitus growing on CYA plate
Aspergillus insolitus growing on MEAOX plate
References
- Samson R.A.; Visagie, C.M.; Houbraken, J.; Hong, S-B.; Hubka, V.; Klaassen C.H.W.; Perrone, G.; Seifert, K.; Susca, A.; Tanney, J.B.; Varga, J.; Kocsube, S.; Szigeti, G.; Yaguchi, T.; Frisvad, J.C. 2014. Phylogeny, identification and nomenclature of the genus Aspergillus. Studies in Mycology. 78:141-173
- Tanney, J.B.; Visagie, C.M.; Yilmaz, N.; Seifert, K.A. (2017). "Aspergillus subgenus Polypaecilum from the built environment". Studies in Mycology. 88: 237–267. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2017.11.001. PMC 5730130.
- "Home - Aspergillus insolitus CBS 384.61 v1.0". genome.jgi.doe.gov.
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