Penicillium inflatum
Species of fungus
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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]
| Penicillium inflatum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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Aspergillus inflatus | |
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 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.