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Penicillium piceum

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Species of fungus

Penicillium piceum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Penicillium
Species: P. piceum
Binomial name
Penicillium piceum
Raper, K.B.; Fennell, D.I. 1948
Type strain
ATCC 10519, CBS 361.48, IMI 040038, NRRL 1051
Synonyms

Talaromyces piceus, Penicillium ilerdanum

Penicillium piceum is an anamorph species of fungi in the genus Penicillium which can cause in rare cases chronic granulomatous disease. This species has been isolated from human blood cultures and from pig lung tissue. Penicillium piceum produces β-glucosidase

Further reading

References

  1. ^ MycoBank
  2. ^ UniProt
  3. D.H. Howard (2002). Pathogenic Fungi in Humans and Animals. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0203909102.
  4. ATCC
  5. Santos, P. E.; Piontelli, E.; Shea, Y. R.; Galluzzo, M. L.; Holland, S. M.; Zelazko, M. E.; Rosenzweig, S. D. (2006). "Penicillium piceuminfection: Diagnosis and successful treatment in chronic granulomatous disease". Medical Mycology. 44 (8): 749–53. doi:10.1080/13693780600967089. PMID 17127632.
  6. Errol Reiss; H. Jean Shadomy; G. Marshall Lyon (2011). Fundamental Medical Mycology. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1118101766.
  7. Gao, Le; Gao, Feng; Jiang, Xukai; Zhang, Can; Zhang, Dongyuan; Wang, Lushan; Wu, Gaihong; Chen, Shulin (2014). "Biochemical characterization of a new β-glucosidase (Cel3E) from Penicillium piceum and its application in boosting lignocelluloses bioconversion and forming disaccharide inducers: New insights into the role of β-glucosidase". Process Biochemistry. 49 (5): 768. doi:10.1016/j.procbio.2014.02.012.
Taxon identifiers
Penicillium piceum
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