Aspergillus uvarum sp. nov., an uniseriate black Aspergillus species isolated from grapes in Europe.
A novel species, Aspergillus uvarum sp. nov., is described within Aspergillus section Nigri. This species can be distinguished from other black aspergilli based on internal transcribed spacers (ITS), beta-tubulin and calmodulin gene sequences, by AFLP analysis and by extrolite profiles. Aspergillus uvarum sp. nov. isolates produced secalonic acid, common to other Aspergillus japonicus-related taxa, and geodin, erdin and dihydrogeodin, which are not produced by any other black aspergilli. None of the isolates were found to produce ochratoxin A. The novel species is most closely related to two atypical strains of Aspergillus aculeatus, CBS 114.80 and CBS 620.78, and was isolated from grape berries in Portugal, Italy, France, Israel, Greece and Spain. The type strain of Aspergillus uvarum sp. nov. is IMI 388523T=CBS 127591T=ITEM 4834T=IBT26606T.
Perrone
Giancarlo
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Institute of Sciences of Food Production, CNR, Via Amendola 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy. giancarlo.perrone@ispa.cnr.it
Varga
János
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Susca
Antonia
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Frisvad
Jens C
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Stea
Gaetano
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Kocsubé
Sándor
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Tóth
Beáta
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Kozakiewicz
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Samson
Robert A
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D001230:Aspergillus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000378:metabolism; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000235:genetics; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D021901:DNA, Intergenic / Q000235:genetics; D005060:Europe; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D013045:Species Specificity; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014404:Tubulin / Q000235:genetics; D027843:Vitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D044004:Xanthones / Q000378:metabolism
D001572:Benzofurans; D002147:Calmodulin; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D014404:Tubulin; D044004:Xanthones; C052047:geodin; C009218:secalonic acid