Penicillium antarcticum

Penicillium antarcticum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceae
Genus: Penicillium
Species: P. antarcticum
Binomial name
Penicillium antarcticum
A.D.Hocking & C.F.McRae (1999)[1]
Type strain
CBS 100492, DAR 72813, FRR 4989[2]

Penicillium antarcticum is an ubiquitous, endophytic fungus species of the genus Penicillium.[3][4] Penicillium antarcticum produces the polyketide compounds antarone A and antarone B.[4]

It was originally discovered on the Windmill Islands off Antarctica, thus its name.[3]

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References

  1. "Penicillium antarcticum A.D. Hocking & C.F. McRae". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  2. Straininfo of Penicillium antarcticum
  3. 1 2 McRae CF, Hocking AD, Seppelt RD. (1999). "Penicillium species from terrestrial habitats in the Windmill Islands, East Antarctica, including a new species, Penicillium antarcticum". Polar Biology 21 (2): 97–111. doi:10.1007/s003000050340.
  4. 1 2 Shiono Y, Seino Y, Koseki T, Murayama T, Kimura K. "Antarones A and B, two polyketides from an endophytic Penicillium antarcticum" (PDF). Zeitschrift für Naturforschung.


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