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Penicillium aethiopicum

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Species of fungus

Penicillium aethiopicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Penicillium
Species: P. aethiopicum
Binomial name
Penicillium aethiopicum
Frisvad, J.C.; Filtenborg, O. 1989
Type strain
BCRC 32957, CBS 484.84, CCRC 32957, ETH 11, FRR 2942, IBT 21501, IBT 5903, IMI 285524

Penicillium aethiopicum is a fungus species of the genus of Penicillium. Penicillium aethiopicum produces viridicatumtoxin and griseofulvin, two structurally interesting polyketides.

See also

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.

Further reading

Taxon identifiers
Penicillium aethiopicum


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