Aspergillus korhogoensis, a Novel Aflatoxin Producing Species from the Cote d'Ivoire.

ABSTRACT: Several strains of a new aflatoxigenic species of Aspergillus, A. korhogoensis, were isolated in the course of a screening study involving species from section Flavi found contaminating peanuts (Arachis hypogaea) and peanut paste in the Côte d'Ivoire. Based on examination of four isolates, this new species is described using a polyphasic approach. A concatenated alignment comprised of nine genes (ITS, benA, cmdA, mcm7, amdS, rpb1, preB, ppgA, and preA) was subjected to phylogenetic analysis, and resulted in all four strains being inferred as a distinct clade. Characterization of mating type for each strain revealed A. korhogoensis as a heterothallic species, since three isolates exhibited a singular

SUBMITTER: Carvajal-Campos A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5705968 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature