Penicillium aethiopicum

Penicillium aethiopicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceae
Genus: Penicillium
Species: P. aethiopicum
Binomial name
Penicillium aethiopicum
Frisvad, J.C.; Filtenborg, O. 1989[1]
Type strain
BCRC 32957, CBS 484.84, CCRC 32957, ETH 11, FRR 2942, IBT 21501, IBT 5903, IMI 285524[2]

Penicillium aethiopicum is a fungus species of the genus of Penicillium.[3] Penicillium aethiopicum produces Viridicatumtoxin and Griseofulvin two structurally interesting polyketides.[4][5]

Further reading

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References

  1. MycoBank
  2. Straininfo of Penicillium aethiopicum
  3. Taxonomy Browser
  4. Chooi, Y. H.; Cacho, R.; Tang, Y. (2010). "Identification of the Viridicatumtoxin and Griseofulvin Gene Clusters from Penicillium aethiopicum". Chemistry & Biology 17 (5): 483–494. doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2010.03.015. PMC 2884005. PMID 20534346.
  5. John I. Pitt Ailsa D. Hocking (5 August 2009). Fungi and Food Spoilage (3 ed.). Springer. ISBN 0387922067.
External identifiers for Penicillium aethiopicum
Encyclopedia of Life 1032447
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