Penicillium nordicum

Penicillium nordicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceae
Genus: Penicillium
Species: P. nordicum
Binomial name
Penicillium nordicum
Dragoni & Cantoni ex C. Ramírez 1985[1]

Penicillium nordicum is an anamorph species of the genus of Penicillium which produces ochratoxin A.[1][2][3][4] Penicillium nordicum contaminates protein rich foods and foods with high NaCl-konzentration.[3][5] It is mostly found on dry-cured meat products and cheese products[3][6]

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References

  1. 1 2 MycoBank
  2. UniProt
  3. 1 2 3 Sonjak, S.; Ličen, M.; Frisvad, J. C.; Gunde-Cimerman, N. (2011). "Salting of dry-cured meat – A potential cause of contamination with the ochratoxin A-producing species Penicillium nordicum". Food Microbiology 28 (6): 1111. doi:10.1016/j.fm.2011.02.007.
  4. ATCC
  5. John F. Leslie, Antonio Logrieco (2014). Mycotoxin Reduction in Grain Chains. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0813820839.
  6. Ailsa D. Hocking, John I. Pitt, Robert A. Samson, Ulf Thrane (2006). Advances in Food Mycology. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 0387283919.
External identifiers for Penicillium nordicum
Encyclopedia of Life 18391369
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