Aspergillus ellipticus
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| Aspergillus ellipticus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Eurotiales |
| Family: | Aspergillaceae |
| Genus: | Aspergillus |
| Species: | A. ellipticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aspergillus ellipticus Raper & Fennell (1965)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Aspergillus helicothrix | |
Aspergillus ellipticus (also named A. helicothrix) is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. A. ellipticus belongs to the group of black Aspergilli, which are important industrial workhorses.[2][3][4] A. ellipticus belongs to the Nigri section. The species was first described in 1965,[1] and has been shown to produce sclerotia.
The genome of A. ellipticus was sequenced and published in 2014 as part of the Aspergillus whole-genome sequencing project – a project dedicated to performing whole-genome sequencing of all members of the Aspergillus genus.[5] The genome assembly size was 42.87 Mbp.[5]
