Aspergillus tabacinus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Versicolores section.[2][3] The species was first described in 1934.[1]

Aspergillus tabacinus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. tabacinus
Binomial name
Aspergillus tabacinus
Nakazawa, Y. Takeda, Simo & A. Watanabe (1934)[1]

Growth and morphology

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A. tabacinus 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.

References

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  1. ^ a b Nakazawa, Y. Takeda; Simo; Watanabe, A. (1934). J. Agric. Chem. Soc. Japan. 10 (2): 177. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ Jurjevic, Zeljko; Peterson, Stephen W.; Horn, Bruce W. (2012). "Aspergillus section Versicolores: nine new species and multilocus dNA sequence based phylogeny". IMA Fungus. 3 (1): 59–795. doi:10.5598/imafungus.2012.03.01.07. ISSN 2210-6340. PMC 3399103. PMID 23155501.
  3. ^ Siqueira, J.P.Z.; Sutton, D.A.; Garcia, D.; Gené, J.; Thomson, P.; Wiederhold, N.; Guarro, J. (2016). "Species diversity of Aspergillus section Versicolores in clinical samples and antifungal susceptibility". Fungal Biology. 120 (11): 1458–1467. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2016.02.006. PMID 27742099.