A. clavatus

ID: 9

Medically significant: yes

Classification agreed: y

Contentious not verified: n

In ncbi taxonomy database: y

Available from atcc: y

CBS: y

Previous CBS: unknown

Sexual CBS: unknown

Contentious name: unknown

Previous name, contentious name: unknown

Sexual form exists: unknown

Sexual form contentious name: n

Sexual form in ncbi taxonomy database: n

Previous name in NCBI taxonomy database: n

Previous name available at ATCC: unknown

Reference (original paper):

Desmazières, J.B.H.J. 1834. Descriptions et figures de six hyphomycètes inédites à ajouter à la flore Française. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique. 2:69-73

Medical significance update: The First Case of Total Dystrophic Onychomycosis Caused by Aspergillus clavatus Resistant to Antifungal Drugs. Falahati M, Ghojoghi A, Abastabar M, Ghasemi Z, Farahyar S, Roudbary M, Hedayati MT, Armaki MT, Hoseinnejad A. Mycopathologia. 2016 Apr;181(3-4):273-7. doi: 10.1007/s11046-015-9954-6.

Taxonomic family: Fungi, Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina, Eurotiomycetes, Eurotiomycetidae, Eurotiales, Trichocomaceae, Aspergillus

Species images:

  • Aspergillus clavatus

    Isolate from environmental sample

    A. clavatus, A. clavatus, A. clavatus

  • Aspergillus clavatus

    A colour enhanced image.

    Clavatus300dpi

  • Aspergillus cretensis

    A Colonies on MEA after one week;B conidial heads and tip of conidiophore, x 230; C conidial head, x920; E conidial head, x920. Copyright B.Flannigan, R Samson & JD Miller (From Microorganisms in home and indoor work environments, Published by Taylor and Francis)

    microclavatus

  • Aspergillus clavatus

    microscopic characters Conidiophore stipes(C)1300-2800um long:Vesicles(V)40-70um wide,clavate:Phialides(Ph) uniseriate:Conidia(Con)3.5-4.0um long,smooth walled.

    AclavcP2

  • Aspergillus clavatus

    growing on contaminated barley malt. The deep blue-green heads made up of chains of conidia are seen on the left. On the right, conidiophores from which conidial chains are developed show typical clavate heads. Stain- Cotton blue in Lactophenol.

    aclavcorel

  • Aspergillus clavatus

    Left= an agar air plate exposed for 2 minutes after the barley had been turned. showing numerous colonies of the fungus following incubation at 26C on 2% malt agar.Right= A sputum sample taken from a maltworker after exposure showing many fungal colonies when cultured on agar. His commensal yeast flora is seen towards the right base as cream/white colonies.

    airsput

Currently accepted name (anamorph): A. clavatus

Index Fungorum: Link

Mycobank: Link

Taxonomic family: Fungi, Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina, Eurotiomycetes, Eurotiomycetidae, Eurotiales, Trichocomaceae, Aspergillus

Computed content type (Species): Species

Species

Showing 10 posts of 951 posts found.

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    Author

    Medically significant

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  • A. niger var. taxi

    D.P. Zhou, K. Zhao & Ping: 1206 (2009)

    unknown

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  • A. olivicola

    Zalar, P.; Frisvad, J.C.; Gunde-Cimerman, N.; Varga, J.; Samson, R.A. 2008. Four new species of Emericella from the Mediterranean region of Europe. Mycologia. 100(5):788

    unknown

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  • A. stella-maris

    Zalar, P.; Frisvad, J.C.; Gunde-Cimerman, N.; Varga, J.; Samson, R.A. 2008. Four new species of Emericella from the Mediterranean region of Europe. Mycologia. 100(5):789

    unknown

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  • A. alabamensis

    Balajee, S.A.; Baddley, J.W.; Peterson, S.W.; Nickle, D.; Varga, J.; Boey, A.; Lass-Florl, C.; Frisvad, J.C.; Samson, R.A. 2009. Aspergillus alabamensis, a new clinically relevant species in the section Terrei. Eukaryotic Cell. 8(5):713-722

    yes

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  • A. collembolorum

    Dörfelt, H.; Schmidt, A.R. 2005. A fossil Aspergillus from Baltic amber. Mycological Research. 109(8):956-960

    unknown

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  • A. turcosus

    Hong SB, Shin HD, Hong J, Frisvad JC, Nielsen PV, Varga J, Samson RA. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 2008 Jan-Feb;93(1-2):97

    unknown

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  • A. calidoustus

    Varga, J.; Houbraken, J.; Lee, H.A.L. van der; Verweij, P.E.; Samson, R.A. 2008. Aspergillus calidoustus sp. nov., causative agent of human infections previously assigned to A. ustus. Eukaryotic Cell. 7(4):630-638

    yes

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  • A. minisclerotigenes

    Pildain MB, Frisvad JC, Vaamonde G, Cabral D, Varga J, Samson RA. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2008 Mar;58(Pt 3):733

    First case of fungal keratitis due to Aspergillus minisclerotigenes in Iran.
    Karimizadeh Esfahani M, Eslampoor A, Dolatabadi S, Najafzadeh MJ, Houbraken J.
    Curr Med Mycol. 2019 Jun;5(2):45-48. doi: 10.18502/cmm.5.2.1162

    yes

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  • A. arachidicola

    Pildain, M.B.; Frisvad, J.C.; Vaamonde, G.; Cabral, D.; Varga, J.; Samson, R.A. 2008. Two new aflatoxin producing Aspergillus species from Agentinean peanuts. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 58(3):725-735

    unknown

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  • A. qizutongii

    Li, D.-M.; Horia, Y.; Wang, Y.; Rouyu Li, R.-Y. 1998. Three new Aspergillus species isolated from clinical sources as a causal agent of human aspergillosis. Mycoscience. 39(3):301

    yes

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