Penicillium sclerotigenum

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| genus = Penicillium

| species = sclerotigenum

| authority = T.Yamam. (1955)

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Penicillium sclerotigenum is a species of fungus in the genus Penicillium. Described as new to science in 1955, it was first isolated from tubers of Chinese yam (Dioscorea batatas) found in Japan. It is also associated with blue mold of yam in Korea. A DNA biosensor method for detecting the fungus in yam has been reported. The anti-insect compound sclerotigenin was reported from the fungus in 1999.

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{{cite journal |vauthors=Joshi BK, Gloer JB, Wicklow DT, Dowd PF |title=Sclerotigenin: A new antiinsectan benzodiazepine from the sclerotia of Penicillium sclerotigenum |journal=Journal of Natural Products |year=1999 |volume=62 |issue=4 |pages=650–652 |pmid=10217735 |doi=10.1021/np980511n}}

{{cite journal |vauthors=Kim WK, Hwang YS, Yu SH |title=Two species of Penicillium associated with blue mold of yam in Korea |journal=Mycobiology |year=2008 |volume=36 |issue=4 |pages=217–221 |doi=10.4489/MYCO.2008.36.4.217 |pmid=23997629 |pmc=3755198}} {{open access}}

{{cite journal |vauthors=Silva GJ, Andrade CA, Oliveira IS, de Melo CP, Oliveira M |title=Impedimetric sensor for toxigenic Penicillium sclerotigenum detection in yam based on magnetite-poly(allylamine hydrochloride) composite |journal=Journal of Colloid and Interface Science |year=2013 |volume=396 |pages=258–263 |pmid=23465186 |doi=10.1016/j.jcis.2013.01.023|bibcode=2013JCIS..396..258S |doi-access=free }} {{open access}}

{{cite journal |vauthors=Yamamoto W, Yoshitani K, Maeda M |title=Studies on the Penicillium and Fusarium rots of Chinese yam and their control |journal=Science Reports of the Hyogo University of Agriculture |year=1955 |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=69–79}}

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Category:Fungi described in 1955

Category:Fungi of Asia

sclerotigenum

Category:Fungus species