Aspergillus brasiliensis

PTCC No.: 
5011
Other collection No.: 
ATCC 16404, CBS 733.88, DSM 1988, IFO 9455, IMI 149007,CIP 1431.83, WDCM 00053
Culture condition: 
24 °C
Information: 
<- ATCC <- S.M. Ringel, WLRI 034(120). Deposited as Aspergillus niger van Tieghem, anamorph. Isolated from blueberry, North Carolina, USA. Quality control strain. Used for assay of antimicrobial preservatives; media testing, sterility testing, fungicides testing, food testing and validation control. Applied in disinfectants and antiseptics testing. Reference strain for performance testing culture media listed by the ISO TC 34 SC 9 Joint Working Group 5 in the ISO 11133 and by the Working Party on Culture Media of the International Committee on Food Microbiology and Hygiene (ICFMH-WPCM)
Literature: 

Assay of antimicrobial preservatives (ASTM International Standard Test Method for Preservatives in Water-Containing Cosmetics. West Conshohocken, PA; British Pharmacopoeia Commission Efficacy of antimicrobial preservation. London, UK:British Pharmacopoeia Commission, British Pharmacopoeia Appendix XVI C, 2003; European Pharmacopoeia Commission Efficacy of antimicrobial preservation. Strasbourg, France:European Pharmacopoeia Commission, European Pharmacopoeia EP 5.1.3, 1997; U.S. Pharmacopeia General Chapters:<51> ANTIMICROBIAL EFFECTIVENESS TESTING. Rockville, MD:U.S. Pharmacopeia, USP USP28-NF23, 2005). Media testing (British Pharmacopoeia Commission Test for sterility. London, UK:British Pharmacopoeia Commission;British Pharmacopoeia Appendix XVI A, 2003, British Pharmacopoeia Commission Tests for microbial contamination. London, UK:British Pharmacopoeia Commission, British Pharmacopoeia Appendix XVI B, 2003; Quality Control for Commercially Prepared Microbiological Culture Media; Approved Standard - 3rd Edition. Wayne, PA. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, CLSI M22-A3; U.S. Pharmacopeia General Chapters:<51> ANTIMICROBIAL EFFECTIVENESS TESTING. Rockville, MD:U.S. Pharmacopeia, USP USP28-NF23, 2005; U.S. Pharmacopeia Dietary Supplement Chapters: <2021> MICROBIAL ENUMERATION TESTS-NUTRITIONAL AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS . Rockville, MD:U.S. Pharmacopeia, USP USP28-NF23, 2005; Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs--Guidelines on preparation and production of culture media-- Part 2: Practical guidelines on performance testing of culture media.. Geneva (Switzerland):International Organization for Standardization/ANSI, ISO ISO 11133-2:2003; Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs --- Guidelines on preparation and production of culture media --- Part 2: Practical guidelines on performance testing of culture media - Annex B: Recommended test microorganisms for commonly used culture media. London, UK:British Standards Institution, British Standard DD CEN ISO/TS 11133:2003). Quality control strain (Applied Biosystems, MicroSeq Pharmaceutical Validation Panel; FF MicroPlate. Biolog; Applied Biosystems, MicroSeq PHL Panel). Sterility testing (U.S. Pharmacopeia General Chapters: <71> STERILITY TESTS. Rockville, MD:U.S. Pharmacopeia, USP USP28-NF23, 2005; Sterility test, Growth promotion test. Tokyo, Japan:Japanese Pharmacopoeia, JP JP14e.part I.54) Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments--Biocontamination control--Part 1: General principles and methods. Geneva (Switzerland):International Organization for Standardization/ANSI, ISO ISO 14698-1:2003). Optic lens antimicrobial preservative testing (Ophthalmic optics--Contact lens care products--Antimicrobial preservative efficacy testing and guidance on determining discard date. Geneva (Switzerland):International Organization for Standardization/ANSI;ISO ISO 14730:2000). Testing fungicides (Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics -- Quantitative suspension test for the evaluation of fungicidal activity of chemical disinfectants and antiseptics used in food, industrial, domestic and institutional areas -- Test method and requirements (phase 2, step 1). London, UK:British Standards Institution, British Standard BS EN 1650:1998;Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics - Preservation of test organisms used for the determination of bactericidal, sporicidal and fungicidal activity. London, UK:British Standards Institution, British Standard BS EN 12353:2006; Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics --- Quantitative non-porous surface test for the evaluation of bactericidal and/or fungicidal activity of chemical disinfectants used in food, industrial, domestic and institutional areas --- Test method and requirements without mechanical action (phase 2/step 2). London, UK:British Standards Institution, British Standard BS EN 13697:2001; Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics --- Quantitative suspension test for the evaluation of fungicidal activity of chemical disinfectants for instruments used in the medical area --- Test method and requirements (phase 2, step 1). London, UK:British Standards Institution, British Standard BS EN 13624:2003; Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics --- Quantitative suspension test for the evaluation of basic fungicidal or basic yeasticidal activity of chemical disinfectants and antiseptics --- Test method and requirements (phase 1). London, UK:British Standards Institution; British Standard BS EN 1275:2005; Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics --- Quantitative carrier test for the evaluation of fungicidal or yeasticidal activity for instruments used in the medical area --- Test method and requirements (phase 2, step 2). London, UK:British Standards Institution, British Standard BS EN 14562:2006; Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics --- Quantitative suspension test for the evaluation of fungicidal or yeasticidal activity of chemical disinfectants and antiseptics used in the veterinary area --- Test method and requirements (phase 2, step 1). London, UK:British Standards Institution, British Standard BS EN 1657:2005; Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics --- Application of European Standards for chemical disinfectants and antiseptics. London, UK:British Standards Institution, British Standard BS EN 14885:2006). Transformation host (Curr Genet 1994, 25: 519-523. PubMed: 8082203; Gene 1993, 124: 239-244. PubMed: 8444347). Validation control (Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments --- Biocontamination control --- Part 1: General principles and methods. London, UK:British Standards Institution, British Standard BS EN ISO 14698:2003; Clean room biocontamination control (Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments--Biocontamination control--Part 1: General principles and methods. Geneva (Switzerland):International Organization for Standardization/ANSI, ISO ISO 14698-1:2003))

Supplied as: 
Freeze-dried
Risk group: 
1