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:

  • Isolate from environmental sample

    A. clavatus, A. clavatus, A. clavatus

  • A colour enhanced image.

    Clavatus300dpi

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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  • Frisvad, J.C.; Skouboe, P.; Samson, R.A. 2005. Taxonomic comparison of three different groups of aflatoxin producers and a new efficient producer of aflatoxin B1, sterigmatocystin and 3-O-methylsterigmatocystin, Aspergillus rambellii sp. nov. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 28(5):449

    unknown

  • Vries, R.P. de; Frisvad, J.C.; Vondervoort, P.J.I. van der; Burgers, K.; Kuijpers, A.F.A.; Samson, R.A.; Visser, J. 2005. Aspergillus vadensis, a new species of the group of black Aspergilli. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 87(3):201

    unknown

  • Cary JW, Klich MA and Beltz SB. Mycologia. 97:425-432. 2005

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  • Aspergillus hortae (Langeron) C.W. Dodge, Medical mycology. Fungous diseases of men and other mammals: 628 (1935)

    unknown

  • Z.T. Qi & Z.M. Sun, in Sun & Qi, Acta Mycol. Sin. 10(1): 22 (1991)

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  • Sasaki, Y. 1950. A study of molds in butter. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture of the Hokkaido Imperial University. 49:144

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  • Saccardo, P.A.; Marchal, E. 1885. Reliquiae mycologicae Westendorpianae. Revue Mycologique Toulouse. 7:149

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  • Wehmer, Zentbl. Bakt. ParasitKde, Abt. II 2: 150 (1896)

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  • /article_database/new-taxa-aspergillus-section-usti-0

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  • Z.T. Qi & Z.M. Sun, Acta Mycol. Sin. 13(2): 84 (1994)

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