When ingested, one species, called Penicillium marneffei, can cause serious infections that affect the lungs, kidneys, spleen, liver and bone marrow. How to Remove and Prevent Penicillium Mold.

Comparative genomics of 24 Penicillium species, including 9 that are newly sequenced, characterizes over 1000 secondary metabolism gene clusters, some of which are validated experimentally, ...

Now researchers have pieced together the story of those Penicillium fungi. The findings reveal an important role for the horizontal transfer of genes from one species to another in the fungi's ...

In the paste of Roquefort and on the surface of Camembert, the microscopic filamentous fungi Penicillium roqueforti and Penicillium camembertii are responsible for the formation of a greenish-blue ...

They realized that the cheese molds were swapping genes, borrowing DNA from distant Penicillium species, in a process called horizontal gene transfer. The new gene sequences helped the cheese ...

The species of penicillium growing on it will not, in fact, continue to propagate in your fridge and enrich in flavor. If you see a hunk of fuzzy blue cheese, ...