Penicillium decumbens

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Penicillium decumbens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Penicillium
Species:
P. decumbens
Binomial name
Penicillium decumbens
Thom, C. 1910 [1]
Type strain
CBS 230.81 [2]
Synonyms

Penicillium indicum [1]

Penicillium decumbens is an anamorph species of the genus of Penicillium which occurs widespread in nature, mainly in subtropical and tropical soil but it also occurs in food. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Analysis have shown that Penicillium decumbens has antibiotic activity [6] Penicillium decumbens produces the cyclopentenone cyclopenicillone [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 MycoBank
  2. 1 2 UniProt
  3. John I. Pitt; Ailsa D. Hocking (2009). Fungi and Food Spoilage. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   978-0387922072.
  4. ATCC
  5. Heide Dermoumi (2008). Bestimmungsbuch für Pilze in der Medizin: ein praktischer Leitfaden mit mikroskopischen Bildern. Lehmanns Media. ISBN   978-3865413116.
  6. Santamarina, M. P.; Roselló, J; Llacer, R; Sanchis, V (2002). "Antagonistic activity of Penicillium oxalicum Corrie and Thom, Penicillium decumbens Thom and Trichoderma harzianum Rifai isolates against fungi, bacteria and insects in vitro". Revista iberoamericana de micologia. 19 (2): 99–103. PMID   12828512.
  7. Lin, S.; Shi, T.; Chen, K. Y.; Zhang, Z. X.; Shan, L.; Shen, Y. H.; Zhang, W. D. (2011). "Cyclopenicillone, a unique cyclopentenone from the cultures of Penicillium decumbens". Chemical Communications. 47 (37): 10413–10415. doi:10.1039/C1CC12079D. PMID   21833427.