Penicillium molds produce the antibiotic penicillin ... spawning a new generation of ghastly parasites. There are about 750 ...

The USDA team needed to explore tougher, more productive strains and species of Penicillium mold. So they gathered members of the U.S. Army Transportation Corps along with researchers and ...

The size and shape of the conidia and conidia-bearing structures as viewed with a light microscope can often identify the fungus to its genus or sometimes to its species. The most common genera of ...

The use of penicillin during the second world war was highly effective in reducing the ill effects of infections in wounded soldiers, particularly between D-day in June 1944 and VE day in May 1945.