Penicillium caseifulvum

Penicillium caseifulvum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Penicillium
Species:
P. caseifulvum
Binomial name
Penicillium caseifulvum
Filtenborg & Frisvad 1998[1]
Type strain
CBS 108956, IBT 19782[2]

Penicillium caseifulvum is a fungus species of the genus of Penicillium which occurs on the surface of blue cheese and causes discoloration in form of brown spots.[1][3][4][5][6]

While there exists a caseifulvum clade of gray-green cheese molds, this group is not distinguishable from Penicillium camemberti using a few microsatellite markers. It is commonly found on soft cheeses, being used to make Saint-Marcellin and Rigotte de Condrieu. Unlike its relatives also used in cheese-making, it does not produce cyclopiazonic acid due to a 2bp deletion in the CpaA gene.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 MycoBank
  2. ↑ "Straininfo of Penicillium caseifulvum". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  3. ↑ UniProt
  4. ↑ Suhr, K. I.; Haasum, I; Steenstrup, L. D.; Larsen, T. O. (2002). "Factors affecting growth and pigmentation of Penicillium caseifulvum". Journal of Dairy Science. 85 (11): 2786–94. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74365-8. PMID 12487445.
  5. ↑ Larsen, T. O. (1998). "Volatile Flavour Production by Penicillium caseifulvum". International Dairy Journal. 8 (10–11): 883. doi:10.1016/S0958-6946(99)00010-2.
  6. ↑ P L H McSweeney (2007). Cheese Problems Solved Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition. Elsevier. ISBN 1845693531.
  7. ↑ Ropars, J; Didiot, E; Rodríguez de la Vega, RC; Bennetot, B; Coton, M; Poirier, E; Coton, E; Snirc, A; Le Prieur, S; Giraud, T (16 November 2020). "Domestication of the Emblematic White Cheese-Making Fungus Penicillium camemberti and Its Diversification into Two Varieties". Current Biology. 30 (22): 4441–4453.e4. Bibcode:2020CBio...30E4441R. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.08.082. PMID 32976806.

Further reading

  • Karl Esser; Paul A. Lemke; J. W. Bennett; Heinz D. Osiewacz (2002). Industrial Applications. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 3540415831.