Penicillium aurantiogriseum

Penicillium aurantiogriseum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Subclass: Eurotiomycetidae
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceae
Genus: Penicillium
Species: P. aurantiogriseum
Binomial name
Penicillium aurantiogriseum
Dierckx, (1901)
Synonyms

Penicillium aurantiocandidum Dierckx & Biourge, (1901)
Penicillium aurantiovirens Biourge, (1923)
Penicillium brunneoviolaceum Biourge, (1923)
Penicillium cyclopium Westling, (1911)
Penicillium cyclopium var. aurantiovirens (Biourge) Fassat., (1976)
Penicillium johanniolii K.M. Zalessky, (1927)
Penicillium lanosocoeruleum Thom, (1930)
Penicillium martensii Biourge, (1923)
Penicillium puberulum Bainier, (1907)
Penicillium verrucosum var. cyclopium (Westling) Samson, Stolk & Hadlok, (1976)

Penicillium aurantiogriseum is a plant pathogen infecting asparagus and strawberry.Penicillium aurantiogriseum produces the anticancer compound Anicequol.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Igarashi, Y.; Sekine, A.; Fukazawa, H.; Uehara, Y.; Yamaguchi, K.; Endo, Y.; Okuda, T.; Furumai, T.; Oki, T. (2002). "Anicequol, a Novel Inhibitor for Anchorage-independent Growth of Tumor Cells from Penicillium aurantiogriseum Dierckx TP-F0213". The Journal of Antibiotics. 55 (4): 371–6. doi:10.7164/antibiotics.55.371. PMID 12061544.
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