Aspergillus nidulans has long-been used as a model organism to gain insights into the
genetic basis of asexual and sexual developmental processes both in other members of the …

Major insights into sexual development and cryptic sexuality within filamentous fungi have
been gained from investigations using Aspergillus species. Here, an overview is first given …

The genus Aspergillus is one of the most widespread groups of fungi on Earth, comprised of
about 300–350 species with very diverse lifestyles. Most species produce asexual …

Many aspergilli that belongs to ascomycetes have sexuality. In a homothallic or self-fertile
fungus, a number of fruiting bodies or cleistothecia are formed in a thallus grown from a …

Monascus spp. are widely used in the production of monacolin K and food-grade pigments
in East Asia. In Aspergillus species, the three transcription factors BrlA→ AbaA→ WetA …

Fungi have some of the most diverse sex lives in nature, ranging from self-fertility to obligate
outcrossing systems with several thousand different sexes, although at least 20% of fungal …

Aspergillus flavus is a representative fungal species in the Aspergillus section Flavi and has
been used as a model system to gain insights into fungal development and toxin production …

The genus Aspergillus comprises over 180 species that are united by the presence of the
“aspergillum,” which consists of a specialized, enlargened conidiophore bearing phialides …

The ability to reproduce both sexually and asexually is one of the characteristics of the
homothalic ascomycete Aspergillus nidulans. Unlike the other Aspergillus species, A …

We characterize the mating-type genes in Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus parasiticus and
Petromyces alliaceus. A single MAT1-1 or MAT1-2 gene was detected in the genomes of A …