Penicillium simplicissimum

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Penicillium simplicissimum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Penicillium
Species:
P. simplicissimum
Binomial name
Penicillium simplicissimum
Thom, C. 1930 [1]
Type strain
ATCC 10495, CBS 372.48, CBS 391.78B, CCFC007208, DAOM 211759, FRR 0902, IFO 5762, IMI 039816, IMI 039816ii, NBRC 5762, NRRL 902, QM 1939, Thom 5605.2 [2]
Synonyms

Spicaria simplicissima,
Penicillium echinulonalgrovense,
Penicillium piscarium,
Penicillium janthinellum,
Penicillium glaucoroseum,
Penicillium guttulosum,
Penicillium populi,
Penicillium pulvillorum,
Penicillium glaucolanosum,
Penicillium echinulonalgiovense,
Penicillium raperi,
Penicillium vitale,
Penicillium novae-caledoniae var. album,
Penicillium ciegleri [1]

Penicillium simplicissimum is an anamorph species of fungus in the genus Penicillium which can promote plant growth. [1] [3] [4] [5] This species occurs on food and its primary habitat is in decaying vegetations [6] Penicillium simplicissimum produces verruculogene, fumitremorgene B, penicillic acid, viridicatumtoxin, decarestrictine G, decarestrictine L, decarestrictine H, decarestrictine I, decarestrictine K decarestrictine M, dihydrovermistatin, vermistatin and penisimplicissin [6] [7] [8]

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 3 MycoBank
  2. Straininfo of Penicillium simplicissimum
  3. ATCC
  4. UniProt
  5. Hossain, Md. M.; Sultana, F.; Kubota, M.; Koyama, H.; Hyakumachi, M. (2007). "The Plant Growth-Promoting Fungus Penicillium simplicissimum GP17-2 Induces Resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana by Activation of Multiple Defense Signals". Plant and Cell Physiology. 48 (12): 1724–36. doi: 10.1093/pcp/pcm144 . PMID   17956859.
  6. 1 2 John I. Pitt, A.D. Hocking (2012). Fungi and Food Spoilage. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   978-1-4615-6391-4.
  7. John Buckingham (1993). Dictionary of Natural Products volum 4. CRC Press. ISBN   0-412-46620-1.
  8. Atta-ur- Rahman (2013). Studies in Natural Products Chemistry volum 39. Newnes. ISBN   978-0-444-62609-7.