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Aspergillus conicus

Aspergillus conicus is a xerophilic species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus which can cause endophthalmitis in rare cases. It was first described in 1914. It is from the section Restricti. Aspergillus conicus has been reported as a human pathogen.

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Aspergillus conicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. conicus
Binomial name
Aspergillus conicus
Blochwitz (1914)123
Type strain
4733.701, ATCC 16908, BCRC 33143, CBS 475.65, CCRC 33143, CGMCC 3.4372, FRR 0149, IMI 172281, JCM 1725, NRRLT, NRRL 149, NRRL WB149, QM 7405, Thom 4733.701, WB 1494

Aspergillus conicus is a xerophilic species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus which can cause endophthalmitis in rare cases.15678 It was first described in 1914.3 It is from the section Restricti.9 Aspergillus conicus has been reported as a human pathogen.9

When living inside olives, it can produce butylated hydroxytoluene.10

Growth and morphology

A. conicus 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 conicus growing on CYA plate
    Aspergillus conicus growing on CYA plate
  • Aspergillus conicus growing on MEAOX plate
    Aspergillus conicus growing on MEAOX plate
References

References

  1. "www.mycobank". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Samson, Robert A.; Pitt, John I., eds. (2000). Integration of modern taxonomic methods for penicillium and aspergillus classification. Amsterdam: Harwood Acad. Publ. ISBN 978-9-058-23159-8.
  3. Dale, E. 1914. On the fungi of the soil. Part II. Fungi from chalky soil, uncultivated mountain peat, and the "black earth" of the reclaimed fenland. Annales Mycologici. 12(1):33-62
  4. "CBS 475.65 Strain Passport - StrainInfo". www.straininfo.net. Archived from the original on 2017-04-22. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  5. Smith, Wendy M; Fahle, Gary; Nussenblatt, Robert B; Sen, Hatice Nida (2013). "A rare case of endogenous Aspergillus conicus endophthalmitis in an immunocompromised patient". Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection. 3 (1): 37. doi:10.1186/1869-5760-3-37. PMC 3605118. PMID 23514122.
  6. Herbert, Weber (2010). Mikrobiologie der Lebensmittel: Band 1: Grundlagen. Behr's Verlag DE. ISBN 978-3-899-47963-8.
  7. Christian, John A. Troller, J.H.B. (1978). Water activity and food. New York: Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-323-15901-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. "Aspergillus conicus". www.uniprot.org.
  9. Sklenar, F.; Jurjevic, Z.; Zalar, P.; Frisvad, J.C.; Visagie, C.M.; Kolarik, M.; Houbraken, J.; Chen, A.J.; Yilmaz, N.; Seifert, K.A.; Coton, M.; Déniel, F.; Gunde-Cimerman, N.; Samson, R.A.; Peterson, S.W.; Hubka, V. (2017). "Phylogeny of xerophilic aspergilli (subgenus Aspergillus) and taxonomic revision of section Restricti". Studies in Mycology. 88: 161–236. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2017.09.002. PMC 5678892. PMID 29158611.
  10. Gharbi, Ines; Issaoui, Manel; El Gharbi, Sinda; Gazzeh, Nour-Eddine; Tekeya, Meriem; Mechri, Beligh; Flamini, Guido; Hammami, Mohamed (2017). "Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) emitted by fungi naturally occurring in olives during their pre-processing storage for improving olive oil stability". European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology. 119 (11) 1600343. doi:10.1002/ejlt.201600343.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Ware, George W., ed. (1989). Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Continuation of Residue Reviews. Springer. ISBN 978-1-4684-7092-5.