Aspergillus deflectus

Aspergillus deflectus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus.^[2][3] It produces a group of antimicrobial chemical compounds known as deflectins.^[4] Aspergillus deflectus is in rare cases pathogenic.^[5][6] It is from the Usti section.^[7]

Aspergillus deflectus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Eurotiales
Family:	Aspergillaceae
Genus:	Aspergillus
Species:	A. deflectus
Binomial name
Aspergillus deflectus Fennell & Raper (1955)[1][2]
Type strain
ATCC 16807, CBS 109.55, IMI 61448, NRRL 2206, QM 1904, UC4638, WB 2206[3]

Growth and morphology

A. deflectus has been cultivated on both Czapek yeast extract agar (CYA) plates and Malt Extract Agar Oxoid (MEAOX) plates. The growth morphology of the colonies can be seen in the pictures below.

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  Aspergillus deflectus growing on CYA plate
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  Aspergillus deflectus growing on MEAOX plate