| Species/Subspecies:
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Aspergillus ochraceus |
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| Categories:
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Of practical use; spoilage organism |
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| Etymology:
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Genus name: to scatter.
Species epithet: ocher-coloured. |
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| Significance: | [Unclassified]
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| Taxonomy:
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| Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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| Ascomycota | Eurotiomycetes | Eurotiales | Trichocomaceae | Aspergillus |
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Macromorphology (smell):
 | Kolonier of A. ochraceus grow fast (about 50 mm in 7 days). Many nice pictures of A. ochraceus can be found in the reference below (no. 89). |
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Micromorphology:
  | The conidia are 2.5-3.5 µm in diameter. |
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| Reproduction: | |
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| Spec. Char.:
| Optimal temperature for growth is 25°C. |
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| Disease/effect:
| Many more animal species than those listed in the table below can be affected by ochratoxicosis. Dogs are particularly sensitive, while ruminants are less sensitive.
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| Virulence Factors:
| Produces the mycotoxins ochratoxin A, citrinin och mellein (= dihydroisocoumarin). |
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| Genome Sequence:
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| ACC-No GenBank | Strain/Isolate | # of chrom | Size (Mbp) |
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| GCA_004849945 | fc-1RG | | 38.8 |
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| 18S rRNA Seq:
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| ACC-No GenBank | Strain/Isolate | Number of NT |
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| NC_AB002068 | NRRL 1642 | 1767 |
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| ITS regions:
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| ACC-No GenBank | Strain/Isolate | Number of NT |
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| NC_077150 | NRRL 398 | 613 |
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| Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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| Practical use: | A. ochraceus produces many different enzymes, which can have industrial importance, e.g. hydrolases, proteases, tannases, oxidases and cellulases (see ref. 91 below). |
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| Comment: | In terms of ochratoxin production, Aspergillus alliaceus appears to be more important on at least some substrates than A. ochraceus (see ref. 90 below). |
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| Reference(s):
| No. 89, 90, 91 |
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| Updated: | 2023-01-18 |
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