While mold doesn’t have the best reputation, some types can actually be quite beneficial. Take Penicillium, for example—it’s the mold responsible for producing penicillin, one of the most important ...

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The discovery of penicillin, one of the world’s first antibiotics, marks a true turning point in human history — when doctors finally had a tool that could completely cure their patients of deadly ...

In the past decades, the discovery of new antibiotics has not kept pace with the development of antibiotic-resistant infectious microorganisms 1. Historically, actinomycetes have been the main source ...

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In a recent study published in the Scientific Reports Journal, researchers explored the use of endophytic fungi to fabricate selenium nanoparticles. They reported the successful green synthesis of ...

We describe two new terverticillate Penicillium species isolated from grapes on the basis of phenotypic and phylogenetic differences from known species. The strains were isolated in the course of a ...

The postharvest fungal pathogens Penicillium digitatum, P. italicum and P. expansum are an increasing problem for the Mediterranean orchards and fruit industry. This study was designed to gain ...