Penicillium rubrum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Penicillium
Species:
P. rubrum
Binomial name
Penicillium rubrum
Stoll, O. 1904[1]
Type strain
ATCC 52215, BCRC 31682, BIOURGE 412B, Biourge 412b, CBS 184.27, CCRC 31682, FRR 1057, IMI 094165, KCTC 6784, LHSB P164, LSHB P164, MUCL 29224, NRRL 1057, Thom 4894.13[2]
Synonyms

Talaromyces ruber , Penicillium crateriforme[1]

Penicillium rubrum is a species of fungus in the genus Penicillium which produces kojic acid, mitorubrin, mitorubrinol, rubratoxin A, rubratoxin B rubralactone, rubramin and occurs in grain corn and soybeans.[1][3][4][5][6][7] Penicillium rubrum is similar to the species Penicillium chrysogenum.[8]

Further reading

References

  1. ^ a b c MycoBank
  2. ^ Straininfo of Penicillium rubrum
  3. ^ Atta-ur- Rahman (2011). Studies in Natural Products Chemistry: Bioactive Natural Products (Part L). Gulf Professional Publishing. ISBN 978-0-08-045847-2.
  4. ^ Burkhard Fugmann; Susanne Lang-Fugmann; Wolfgang Steglich (2014). RÖMPP Encyclopedia Natural Products, 1st Edition. Georg Thieme Verlag. ISBN 978-3-13-179311-9.
  5. ^ Kimura, Yasuo; Yoshinari, Takashi; Koshino, Hiroyuki; Fujioka, Shozo; Okada, Katsuhide; Shimada, Atsumi (2014). "Rubralactone, Rubralides A, B and C, and Rubramin Produced by Penicillium rubrum". Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry. 71 (8): 1896–901. doi:10.1271/bbb.70112. PMID 17690484.
  6. ^ Ulrich Kück; Minou Nowrousian; Jürgen Reiß; Birgit Hoff; Ines Engh (2009). Schimmelpilze: Lebensweise, Nutzen, Schaden, Bekämpfung. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-3-540-88716-4.
  7. ^ John I. Pitt; Ailsa D. Hocking (2014). RÖMPP Lexikon Lebensmittelchemie (2 ed.). Georg Thieme Verlag. ISBN 978-3-13-179282-2.
  8. ^ Houbraken, Jos; Frisvad, Jens C.; Samson', Robert A. (2011). "Fleming's penicillin producing strain is not Penicillium chrysogenum but P. rubens". IMA Fungus. 2 (1): 87–95. doi:10.5598/imafungus.2011.02.01.12. PMC 3317369. PMID 22679592.