Aspergillus ustus (Bainier) Thom et Church, anamorph
Strain Designations
W-24966 [JCM 515-98, UTHSC 97-113]
Biosafety Level
1
Biosafety classification is based on U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines, it is the responsibility of the customer to ensure that their facilities comply with biosafety regulations for their own country.
Product Format
frozen
Type Strain
no
Preceptrol®
no
Comments
case report
Morphology
After 7-10 days colonies drab olive to dull brown with white margin. Conidial heads radiate to loosely columnar. Conidiophore stipes smooth-walled, brown. Vesicles hemispherical to subspherical, 7-15 ìm diam. Conidiogenous cells biseriate. Metulae covering upper half to upper third quarter of the vesicle. Conidia with very rough walls, spherical, 3.0-4.5 ìm diam, dark yellow-brown.
Medium
ATCC® Medium 325: Malt extract agar (Blakeslee's formula)
Growth Conditions
Temperature: 25.0°C
Sequenced Data
No DNA sequencing was performed in house on this product.
Name of Depositor
PC Iwen
Isolation
leg lesion of 46-year-old woman with myelodysplastic syndrome following allogeneic peripheral stem cell transplantation, Omaha, NE
References
Iwen PC, et al. Disseminated aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus ustus in a patient following allogeneic peripheral stem cell transplantation. J. Clin. Microbiol. 36: 3713-3717, 1998. PubMed: 9817905
