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Secondary metabolites as co-markers in the taxonomy of Aspergilli
1Faculty of Education, Suez Canal Univ., Suez, Egypt. aboseidahh@hotmail.com
Abstract:
The production of extracellular and intracellular secondary metabolites by 13 Aspergillus species has been directly detected using the agar plug technique. In addition to several unknown compound A. aculeatus, A. ochraceus and A. terreus were found to be the highest producers of extracellular secondary metabolites, while the lowest producer species were A. tamarii, A. rugulosus in addition to A. oryzae whose secondary metabolites couldn't be detected by this technique. In case of intracellular secondary metabolites, the highest producer species were A. flavus, A. nidulans and A. wentii, while the lowest producers were A. clavatus, A. tamarii and A. violaceous. All the examined species could be distinguished on the basis of their secondary metabolite profiles indicating the potential role of secondary metabolites in the chemotaxonomy of Aspergilli.
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