Aspergillus arcoverdensis

Aspergillus arcoverdensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Eurotiales
Family:	Aspergillaceae
Genus:	Aspergillus
Species:	A. arcoverdensis
Binomial name
	Aspergillus arcoverdensis; Y. Horie, Matsuzawa, Yaguchi & Camp.-Takaki (2015)

Aspergillus arcoverdensis is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Fumigati section.^[1] The species was first described in 2015.^[1]

Growth and morphology

A. arcoverdensis 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 arcoverdensis growing on CYA plate
Aspergillus arcoverdensis growing in MEAOX plate

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Matsuzawa, Tetsuhiro; Takaki, Galba; Yaguchi, Takashi; Okada, Kaoru; Abliz, Paride; Gonoi, Tohru; Horie, Yoshikazu (2015). "Aspergillus arcoverdensis, a new species of Aspergillus section Fumigati isolated from caatinga soil in State of Pernambuco, Brazil". Mycoscience. 56 (2): 123–131. doi:10.1016/j.myc.2014.04.006.

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[isolation-1] Matsuzawa, Tetsuhiro; Takaki, Galba; Yaguchi, Takashi; Okada, Kaoru; Abliz, Paride; Gonoi, Tohru; Horie, Yoshikazu (2015). "Aspergillus arcoverdensis, a new species of Aspergillus section Fumigati isolated from caatinga soil in State of Pernambuco, Brazil". Mycoscience. 56 (2): 123–131. doi:10.1016/j.myc.2014.04.006.

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