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Genus of common molds causing food spoilage and some pathogenic to plants and animals
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aspergillus
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Aspergillus is a genus consisting of a few hundred mold species found in various climates worldwide. Aspergillus was first catalogued in 1729 by the Italian priest and biologist Pier Antonio Micheli . Viewing the fungi under a microscope, Micheli was reminded ...
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n. Any of many molds, of the genus ''Aspergillus'', many of which are pathogenic.
Usage examples of aspergillus.
We have similar fungi on Earth, like the aspergillus niger, which can live inside an old tomb or a cave for thousands of years.
Surely you were all too ignorant to expect it, but the bran spontaneously generated these aspergillus fungi.
At last the pit was emptied, the coffin lowered, and the aspergillus passed round.