Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, 3D structure: Trivial name – Versicolorone
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Species: A. versicolorSystematic name: Anthra[2,3-b]furan-5,10-dione, 2,3-dihydro-4,6,8-trihydroxy-3-(3-oxobutyl)-Molecular formulae: C20H16O7Molecular weight: 368Chemical abstracts number: 84062-31-7Selected references: Berger-Deguee, M.; Berger, Y. (Inst. Chim., Univ. Liege, Liege 4000 1, Belg.). Phytochemistry, 21(6), 1449-51 (English) 1982.
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These colonies were isolated from a BAL, (also with bacterial qrowth of S.aureus and S.maltophilia) from a patient with a VAP (undergoing corticosteroid treatment). The growth medium used is sabouraud dextrose agar , incubated at 37° C
The identification is made by microscopic/macroscopic observation criteria.
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Microscopic morphology of A. flavus. Conidial heads are radiate, splitting to form loose columns, biseriate but having some heads with phialides borne directly on the vesicle.
