Penicillium aethiopicum

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

Penicillium aethiopicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
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]

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


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