Penicillium radicum

Penicillium radicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Eurotiales
Family:	Aspergillaceae
Genus:	Penicillium
Species:	P. radicum
Binomial name
Penicillium radicum Hocking, A.D.; Whitelaw, M.; Harden, T.J. 1998 [1]
Type strain
ATCC 201836, CBS 100489, DAR 72374, FRR 4718 [2]
Synonyms
Talaromyces radicus [1]

Penicillium radicum is an anamorph species of the genus of Penicillium which was isolated from rhizosphere of Australian wheat. ^{[1] [3] [4] [5]} This species has the ability to solubilise inorganic phosphates, this can promote plant growth ^{[6] [7]} Penicillium radicum produces rugulosin ^[8]

References

1. MycoBank
2. "Straininfo of Penicillium radicum". Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-07-20.
3. UniProt
4. Hocking, Ailsa D.; Whitelaw, Melanie; Harden, Terence J. (1998). "Penicillium radicum sp. nov. From the rhizosphere of Australian wheat". Mycological Research. 102 (7): 801. doi:10.1017/S0953756297005698.
5. ATCC
6. Mohammad Saghir Khan; Almas Zaidi; Javed Musarrat (2014). Phosphate Solubilizing Microorganisms: Principles and Application of Microphos Technology. Springe. ISBN   3-319-08216-7.
7. Microbiology Australia. The Australian Society for Microbiology. 2003.
8. Sarah De Saeger (2011). Determining Mycotoxins and Mycotoxigenic Fungi in Food and Feed. Elsevier. ISBN   0-85709-097-6.

Further reading

• Simon Anstis (2004). Penicillium Radicum: Studies on the Mechanisms of Growth Promotion in Wheat. University of Adelaide, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Soil and Land Systems.
• Dinesh K. Maheshwari (2011). Bacteria in Agrobiology: Plant Nutrient Management. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   3-642-21061-9.
• Q. Ashton Acton (2012). Issues in Chemistry and General Chemical Research: 2011 Edition. ScholarlyEditions. ISBN   1-4649-6334-7.
• Atta-ur-Rahman (2015). Studies in Natural Products Chemistry Volume 46. Elsevier. ISBN   0-444-63469-X.