RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Varga, János A1 Kocsubé, Sándor A1 Tóth, Beáta A1 Frisvad, Jens C. A1 Perrone, Giancarlo A1 Susca, Antonia A1 Meijer, Martin A1 Samson, Robert A.YR 2007 T1 Aspergillus brasiliensis sp. nov., a biseriate black Aspergillus species with world-wide distribution JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 57 IS 8 SP 1925 OP 1932 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65021-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A novel species, Aspergillus brasiliensis sp. nov., is described within Aspergillus section Nigri. This species can be distinguished from other black aspergilli based on intergenic transcribed region, β-tubulin and calmodulin gene sequences, by amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis and by extrolite profiles. A. brasiliensis isolates produced naphtho-γ-pyrones, tensidol A and B and pyrophen in common with Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus tubingensis, but also several unique compounds, justifying their treatment as representing a separate species. None of the isolates were found to produce ochratoxin A, kotanins, funalenone or pyranonigrins. The novel species was most closely related to A. niger, and was isolated from soil from Brazil, Australia, USA and The Netherlands, and from grape berries from Portugal. The type strain of Aspergillus brasiliensis sp. nov. is CBS 101740T (=IMI 381727T=IBT 21946T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65021-0