Aspergillus luppii

Aspergillus luppii (also called A. aureofulgens) is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus.[1][2][3] It is from the Flavipedes section.[4] Aspergillus luppii produces the antimicrobics Curvularin and Dehydrocurvularin.[5][6]

Aspergillus luppii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. luppii
Binomial name
Aspergillus luppii
Luppi-Mosca, A.M. 1973, Hubka, A. Novkov, M. Kolak & S.W. Peterson, 2014[1][2]
Type strain
CBS 653.74, CCF 4545, NRRL 6326, NRRL MOLD 6326, PRM 923447[2]
Synonyms

Aspergillus aureofulgens

Growth and morphology

A. luppii 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 luppii growing on CYA plate
  • Aspergillus luppii growing on MEAOX plate

References
  1. "Aspergillus aureofulgens". www.mycobank.org.
  2. "Aspergillus luppii". www.uniprot.org.
  3. "A. aureofulgens | Aspergillus & Aspergillosis Website". www.aspergillus.org.uk.
  4. Hubka, Vit; Nováková, Alena; Kolarik, Miroslav; Jurjevic, Zeljko; Peterson, Stephen W. (2015). "Revision of Aspergillus section Flavipedes: seven new species and proposal of section Jani sect. nov". Mycologia. 107 (1): 169–208. doi:10.3852/14-059. PMID 25344259.
  5. Fugmann, Burkhard; Lang-Fugmann, Susanne; Steglich, Wolfgang (2014). RÖMPP Encyclopedia Natural Products, 1st Edition, 2000. Georg Thieme Verlag. ISBN 9783131795519.
  6. Betina, V. (1993). Chromatography of Mycotoxins: Techniques and Applications. Elsevier. ISBN 9780080858623.

Further reading
  • Caputo, O.; Viola, F. (1977). "Isolation of a, beta-dehydrocurvularin from Aspergillus aureofulgens". Planta Medica. 31 (1): 31–32. doi:10.1055/s-0028-1097485. ISSN 0032-0943. PMID 840925.
  • Gesellschaft für Arzneipflanzenforschung (Germany), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Arzneipflanzenforschung (1977). Planta medica. Hippokrates-Verlag.
  • Laskin, Allen I.; Lechevalier, Hubert A.; Company, Chemical Rubber (1988). CRC Handbook of Microbiology: pt. A. Antibiotics. CRC Press.
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