Biology:Penicillium nordicum

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Short description: Species of fungus

Penicillium nordicum
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Penicillium
Species:
P. nordicum
Binomial name
Penicillium nordicum
Dragoni & Cantoni ex C. Ramírez 1985[1]

Penicillium nordicum is an anamorph species of fungus in the genus Penicillium which produces ochratoxin A.[1][2][3][4] Penicillium nordicum contaminates protein rich foods and foods with high NaCl-konzentration.[3][5] It is mostly found on dry-cured meat products and cheese products[3][6]

Further reading

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MycoBank
  2. UniProt
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sonjak, S.; Ličen, M.; Frisvad, J. C.; Gunde-Cimerman, N. (2011). "Salting of dry-cured meat – A potential cause of contamination with the ochratoxin A-producing species Penicillium nordicum". Food Microbiology 28 (6): 1111–6. doi:10.1016/j.fm.2011.02.007. PMID 21645808. 
  4. ATCC
  5. John F. Leslie; Antonio Logrieco (2014). Mycotoxin Reduction in Grain Chains. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0813820835. 
  6. Ailsa D. Hocking; John I. Pitt; Robert A. Samson; Ulf Thrane (2006). Advances in Food Mycology. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 0387283919. https://archive.org/details/advancesinfoodmy00ails. 

Wikidata ☰ Q20721618 entry