Aspergillus hiratsukae is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Fumigati section.[2] The species was first described in 1991.[1] It has been reported to produce avenaciolide.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Eurotiales |
| Family: | Aspergillaceae |
| Genus: | Aspergillus |
| Species: | A. hiratsukae
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| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus hiratsukae Udagawa, Tsubouchi & Y. Horie (1991)[1]
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Growth and morphology
editA. hiratsukae 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.
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Aspergillus hiratsukae growing on CYA plate -
Aspergillus hiratsukae growing on MEAOX plate
References
edit- ^ a b Udagawa, S.; Tsubouchi, H.; Horie, Y. 1991. Neosartorya hiratsukae, a new species of food-borne Ascomycetes. Transactions of the Mycological Society of Japan. 32:23-29
- ^ a b Samson, R.A.; Hong, S.; Peterson, S.W.; Frisvad, J.C.; Varga, J. (2007). "Polyphasic taxonomy of Aspergillus section Fumigati and its teleomorph Neosartorya". Studies in Mycology. 59: 147–203. doi:10.3114/sim.2007.59.14. PMC 2275200. PMID 18490953.
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