Penicillium piceum

Penicillium piceum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomaceae
Genus: Penicillium
Species: P. piceum
Binomial name
Penicillium piceum
Raper, K.B.; Fennell, D.I. 1948[1]
Type strain
ATCC 10519, CBS 361.48, IMI 040038, NRRL 1051[2]
Synonyms

Talaromyces piceus, Penicillium ilerdanum[1]

Penicillium piceum is an anamorph species of the genus of Penicillium which can cause in rare cases chronic granulomatous disease.[1][2][3][4][5] This species has been isolated from human blood cultures and from pig lung tissue.[6] Penicillium piceum produces β-glucosidase[7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 MycoBank
  2. 1 2 UniProt
  3. D.H. Howard (2002). Pathogenic Fungi in Humans and Animals. CRC Press. ISBN 0203909100.
  4. ATCC
  5. Santos, P. E.; Piontelli, E.; Shea, Y. R.; Galluzzo, M. L.; Holland, S. M.; Zelazko, M. E.; Rosenzweig, S. D. (2006). "Penicillium piceuminfection: Diagnosis and successful treatment in chronic granulomatous disease". Medical Mycology. 44 (8): 749. doi:10.1080/13693780600967089. PMID 17127632.
  6. Errol Reiss; H. Jean Shadomy; G. Marshall Lyon (2011). Fundamental Medical Mycology. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 1118101766.
  7. Gao, Le; Gao, Feng; Jiang, Xukai; Zhang, Can; Zhang, Dongyuan; Wang, Lushan; Wu, Gaihong; Chen, Shulin (2014). "Biochemical characterization of a new β-glucosidase (Cel3E) from Penicillium piceum and its application in boosting lignocelluloses bioconversion and forming disaccharide inducers: New insights into the role of β-glucosidase". Process Biochemistry. 49 (5): 768. doi:10.1016/j.procbio.2014.02.012.
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