Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – Warfarin metabolite 1
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Species: A. nigerSystematic name: 1,2,5-Hexanetrione, 1-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-3-phenyl-Molecular formulae: C18H16O4Molecular weight: 296Chemical abstracts number: 119465-33-7Selected references: Microbial models of mammalian metabolism: production of novel a-diketone metabolites of warfarin and phenprocoumon by Aspergillus niger. Rizzo, Jinee D.; Davis, P. J. Coll. Pharm., Univ. Texas, Austin, TX, USA. Xenobiotica (1988), 18(12), 1425-37.
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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.
