Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – Toluquinone metabolite 3
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Species: A. terreusSystematic name: 2,5-Cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione, 2-chloro-3,6-dihydroxy-5-methyl-Molecular formulae: C7H5ClO4Molecular weight: 188Chemical abstracts number: 63647-58-5Selected references: Kiriyama, Noriki; Higuchi, Yoshihiro; Yamamoto, Yuzuru (Fac. Pharm. Sci., Kanazawa Univ., Kanazawa, Japan). Chem. Pharm. Bull., 25(6), 1265-72 (English) 1977.
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Pigmentation of Aspergillus versicolor colonies ranged from pale green to greenish-beige, pink-green, dark green and brown. Reverse is usually reddish. The growth rate is usually slow. Cultured on Sabouraud dextrose agar with chloramphenicol.
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A Colonies on MEA after one week; B, C conidial heads with tip of conidiophire, x920; D conidial head, x 2330; E conidial heads x920
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A Colonies on MEA + 20% sucrose after one week; B detail of colony showing columnar conidial heads x 44 ; C conidial heads x 920; D conidia x2330
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Cultures are grown on malt extract agar for 5-7 days at 30°C.
Light microscopy-1000x stained with lacto-phenol and cotton blue.
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A Colonies on MEA +20% sucrose after one week; B ascomata x 40; C conidiophores x 920; D ascospores x2330; E ascoma x 230; F portion of ascoma with asci and ascospores, x 920.
