Penicillium inflatum

Penicillium inflatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Penicillium
Species:
P. inflatum
Binomial name
Penicillium inflatum
Stolk & Malla (1971)[1]
Type strain
ATCC 48994, CBS 682.70, CCFC007491, CCFC007492, DAOM 213168, FRR 1549, IMI 191498, MUCL 38965, NRRL 5179[2]
Synonyms

Aspergillus inflatus

Penicillium inflatum (also named Aspergillus inflatum) is an anamorph species of the genus of Penicillium which produces sterigmatocystin.[3][4][5][6] It is from the Cremei section.[7]

Growth and morphology

A. inflatus has been cultivated on both Czapek yeast extract agar (CYA) plates and Malt Extract Agar Oxoid® (MEAOX) plates. The growth morphology of the colonies can be seen in the pictures below.

  • Penicillium inflatus growing on CYA plate
    Penicillium inflatus growing on CYA plate
  • Penicillium inflatus growing on MEAOX plate
    Penicillium inflatus growing on MEAOX plate

Further reading

  • Geoffrey Michael Gadd (2006). Fungi in Biogeochemical Cycles. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521845793.
  • Rank, C; Nielsen, K. F.; Larsen, T. O.; Varga, J; Samson, R. A.; Frisvad, J. C. (2011). "Distribution of sterigmatocystin in filamentous fungi". Fungal Biology. 115 (4–5): 406–20. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2011.02.013. PMID 21530923.

References

  1. ^ Stolk A.C., Malla D.S. (1971). "Penicillium inflatum sp.nov". Persoonia. 6 (2): 197–200.
  2. ^ Straininfo of Penicillium inflatum
  3. ^ ATCC
  4. ^ UniProt
  5. ^ Robert A. Samson, J I Pitt (2000). Integration of Modern Taxonomic Methods For Penicillium and Aspergillus Classification. CRC Press. ISBN 9058231593.
  6. ^ Rank, C; Nielsen, K. F.; Larsen, T. O.; Varga, J; Samson, R. A.; Frisvad, J. C. (2011). "Distribution of sterigmatocystin in filamentous fungi". Fungal Biology. 115 (4–5): 406–20. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2011.02.013. PMID 21530923.
  7. ^ Samson, R.A.; Visagie, C.M.; Houbraken, J.; Hong, B.-S.; Hubka, V.; Klaassen, C.H.W.; Perrone, G.; Seifert, K.A.; Susca, A.; Tanney, J.B.; Varga, J.; Kocsubé, S.; Szigeti, G.; Yaguchi, T.; Frisvad, J.C. (2014). "Phylogeny, identification and nomenclature of the genus Aspergillus". Studies in Mycology. 78: 141–173. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2014.07.004. PMC 4260807. PMID 25492982.