Penicillium echinulatum

Penicillium echinulatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceae
Genus: Penicillium
Species: P. echinulatum
Binomial name
Penicillium echinulatum
Raper & Thom ex Fassat., Acta Universitatis Carolinae Biologica 5-6 (1974 [publ. 1976]) page 326[1]
Subspecies

Penicillium echinulatum var. discolor Frisvad
Penicillium echinulatum var. echinulatum

Synonyms

Penicillium cyclopium var. echinulatum Raper & Thom
Penicillium palitans var. echinoconidium S. Abe (1956)

Penicillium echinulatum is a mold species in the genus Penicillium. It is a source of cellulase.[2]

5-Hydroxymaltol and mycophenolic acid are substances that can be found in P. echinulatum.[3]

References

  1. Penicillium echinulatum on www.cybertruffle.org.uk
  2. Comparison of Penicillium echinulatum and Trichoderma reesei cellulases in relation to their activity against various cellulosic substrates. Leonardo F. Martins, Daniel Kolling, Marli Camassola, Aldo J. Dillon and Luiz P. Ramos, Bioresource Technology, Vol. 99, No. 5. (March 2008), pp. 1417-1424, doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2007.01.060
  3. 5-Hydroxymaltol and mycophenolic acid, secondary metabolites from Penicillium echinulatum. H.A. Anderson, J.M. Bracewell, A.R. Fraser, D. Jones, G.W. Robertson and J.D. Russell, Transactions of the British Mycological Society, Volume 91, Issue 4, December 1988, pp. 649-651, doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(88)80040-8
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