Taxonomy
A. niger is included in Aspergillus subgenus Circumdati, section Nigri. The section Nigri includes 15 related black-spored species that may be confused with A. niger, including A. tubingensis, A. foetidus, A. carbonarius, and A. awamori. A number of morphologically similar species were recently described by Samson et al. Recently the strain of ATCC 16404 Aspergillus niger has been reclassified at Aspergillus brasiliensis, refer to publication . This has required an update to the US Pharmacopoeia and the European Pharmacopoeia which commonly use this strain throughout the pharmaceutical industry.
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