Aspergillus chevalieri is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Aspergillus section.[2] The fungi in the Aspergillus section are known for their ability to grow at extremely low water activities.[2] The species was first described in 1926.[1] It has since been reported as an opportunistic pathogen causing skin infections.[3]
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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. chevalieri
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| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus chevalieri Thom & Church (1926)[1]
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The genome of A. chevalieri was sequenced as a part of the Aspergillus whole-genome sequencing project - a project dedicated to performing whole-genome sequencing of all members of the genus Aspergillus.[4] The genome assembly size was 26.41 Mbp.[4]
Growth and morphology
editAspergillus chevalieri 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 chevalieri growing on CYA plate -
Aspergillus chevalieri growing on MEAOX plate
References
edit- ^ a b Aspergillus chevalieri (Mangin) Thom. & Church, The Aspergilli: 111 (1926)
- ^ a b Chen, A.J.; Hubka, V.; Frisvad, J.C.; Visagie, C.M.; Houbraken, J.; Meijer, M.; Varga, J.; Demirel, R.; Jurjevic, Z.; Kubátová, A.; Sklenár, F.; Zhou, Y.G.; Samson, R.A. (2017). "Polyphasic taxonomy of Aspergillus section Aspergillus (formerly Eurotium), and its occurrence in indoor environments and food". Studies in Mycology. 88: 37–135. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2017.07.001. PMC 5573881. PMID 28860671.
- ^ Naidu, Jaishree; Singh, S. M. (July 1994). "Aspergillus chevalieri (Mangin) Thom and Church: a new opportunistic pathogen of human cutaneous aspergillosis". Mycoses. 37 (7–8): 271–274. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0507.1994.tb00425.x.
- ^ a b "Home - Aspergillus chevalieri CBS 522.65 v1.0". genome.jgi.doe.gov.
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