Aspergillus brasiliensis sp. nov., a biseriate black Aspergillus species with world-wide distribution.
A novel species, Aspergillus brasiliensis sp. nov., is described within Aspergillus section Nigri. This species can be distinguished from other black aspergilli based on intergenic transcribed region, beta-tubulin and calmodulin gene sequences, by amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis and by extrolite profiles. A. brasiliensis isolates produced naphtho-gamma-pyrones, tensidol A and B and pyrophen in common with Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus tubingensis, but also several unique compounds, justifying their treatment as representing a separate species. None of the isolates were found to produce ochratoxin A, kotanins, funalenone or pyranonigrins. The novel species was most closely related to A. niger, and was isolated from soil from Brazil, Australia, USA and The Netherlands, and from grape berries from Portugal. The type strain of Aspergillus brasiliensis sp. nov. is CBS 101740(T) (=IMI 381727(T)=IBT 21946(T)).
CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands.|Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Szeged, PO Box 533, H-6701 Szeged, Hungary.
János
J
Varga
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Szeged, PO Box 533, H-6701 Szeged, Hungary.
Sándor
S
Kocsubé
Cereal Research Non-Profit Company, PO Box 391, H-6701 Szeged, Hungary.
Beáta
B
Tóth
Center for Microbial Biotechnology, BioCentrum-DTU, Building 221, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs Lyngby, Denmark.
Jens C
JC
Frisvad
Institute of Sciences of Food Production, CNR, Via Amendola 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy.
Giancarlo
G
Perrone
Institute of Sciences of Food Production, CNR, Via Amendola 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy.
Antonia
A
Susca
CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Martin
M
Meijer
CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Robert A
RA
Samson
D001230:Aspergillus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer