Aspergillus cibarius is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Aspergillus section. The species was first described in 2012.Hong, S.B; Lee, M.A; Kim, D.H; Meijer M, de Vries, R.P; Samson R.A. 2012. Aspergillus cibarius sp. nov., from traditional meju in Korea. The Journal of Microbiology. 50(4):712-714 It has been reported to produce asperflavin, auroglaucin, bisanthrons, dihydroauroglaucin, echinulins, emodin, erythroglaucin, flavoglaucin, neoechinulins physcion, tetracyclic, and tetrahydroauroglaucin.
Growth and morphology
A. cibarius has been cultivated on both Czapek yeast extract agar (CYA) plates and yeast extract sucrose agar (YES) plates. The growth morphology of the colonies can be seen in the pictures below.
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