Table 5.
Morphological characteristics of CNUFC ESW1 compared with those of the reference strain Aspergillus tennesseensis.
| Character | CNUFC ESW1 | Aspergillus tennesseensisa |
|---|---|---|
| Conidiophores | Greenish smooth walled, yellow to brown, sometimes hyaline to brownish shades 18.5–413.5 × 4.2–7.3 μm | Smooth walled, hyaline to yellowish with brownish shades (35–)100–300(–400) × 4–7 μm |
| Vesicle | Pyriform, 7.5–17.6 μm | Pyriform (7–)10–16(–18) μm |
| Metulae | 4–7.1 × 2.4–4.1 μm | (4–)6– (–8) × 2.5–4 μm |
| Phialides | Forming chains resembling penicillate fructifications, 5.5–11.4 × 2.1–3 μm | Fragmentary heads resembling penicillate fructifications, 5–8(–11) × 2–3 μm |
| Conidia | Conidia globose, spherical, finely roughened, 2.4–5.1 μm | Spherical to subspherical, ellipsiodal to pyriform (2.5–)3–4(–8) μm, roughened wall |
a
From the description by Jurjevic et al. [50].