title: Aspergillus cibarius sp. nov., from traditional meju in Korea.
abstract: Aspergillus cibarius sp. nov. isolated from meju, a brick of dried fermented soybeans in Korea, is described. The species was also found from black bean, bread and salami in the Netherlands. It is characterized by abundant yellow to reddish brown ascomata and small lenticular ascospores (4.5-5.5 μm) with a wide furrow, low equatorial crests and tuberculate or reticulate convex surface. The species was resolved as phylogenetically distinct from the other reported Aspergillus species with an Eurotium teleomorph based on multilocus sequence typing using partial fragments of the β-tubulin, calmodulin, ITS and RNA polymerase II genes.
authors.affiliation: Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Korean Agricultural Culture Collection, Suwon 441-707, Republic of Korea. funguy@korea.kr
authors.forename: Seung-Beom
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Mina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Dae-Ho
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meijer
authors.forename: Eline
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Majoor
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Vankuyk
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Samson
mesh_terms: D001230:Aspergillus / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000378:metabolism; D056910:Republic of Korea; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D010860:Pigments, Biological