Aspergillus occultus

Short description: Species of fungus

Aspergillus occultus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Fungi
Division:  | Ascomycota
Class:  | Eurotiomycetes
Order:  | Eurotiales
Family:  | Aspergillaceae
Genus:  | Aspergillus
Species:  |

A. occultus

Binomial name
Aspergillus occultus

C.M. Visagie, K.A. Seifert, J.C. Frisvad & R.A. Samson (2014)[1]

Type strain
CMV-2014d, CBS 137330, CBS H-21794, DTO 231-A7, IBT 32285[2]

Aspergillus occultus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Circumdati section.[1] The species was first described in 2014.[1] It has been reported to produce ochratoxin A and penicillic acid.[1]

## Growth and morphology

A. occultus 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 occultus growing on CYA plate

* Aspergillus occultus growing on MEAOX plate

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Visagie, C.M.; Varga, J.; Houbraken, J.; Meijer, M.; Kocsubé, S.; Yilmaz, N.; Fotedar, R.; Seifert, K.A. et al. (2014). "Ochratoxin production and taxonomy of the yellow aspergilli (Aspergillus section Circumdati)". Studies in Mycology 78: 1–61. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2014.07.001. PMID 25492980.
2. ↑ Aspergillus occultus. https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/1507529.

## Further reading

* Aspergillus occultus. A. Colonies: top row left to right, obverse CYA,... - Figure 14 of 30. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/265604107_fig28_Aspergillus-occultus-A-Colonies-top-row-left-to-right-obverse-CYA-MEA-DG18-and-OA.
* Visagie, C.M.; Varga, J.; Houbraken, J.; Meijer, M.; Kocsubé, S.; Yilmaz, N.; Fotedar, R.; Seifert, K.A. et al. (June 2014). "Ochratoxin production and taxonomy of the yellow aspergilli (Aspergillus section Circumdati)". Studies in Mycology 78: 1–61. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2014.07.001. PMID 25492980.

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