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]

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References

^ 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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[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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