An earlier report from these laboratories described the metabolism of carbon and nitrogen compounds by Penicillium notatum in surface culture (Hockenhull, 1946), and some references were made to the utilization of sulphur by this organism. Further work on the latter aspect seemed desirable, especially as penicillin is a sulphur-containing compound. It is the purpose of the present communication...

Abstract Background The development of resistance to many antibiotics currently in use has necessitated the search for more effective alternatives. Plants have been used ethnomedicine different parts world treat various diseases. Many studies on plants confirmed their medicinal potentials and led isolation characterization several potential drug candidates. This study investigates leaves Icacin...

The surface mycobiota of three types of Slovenian dry-cured meat products were isolated from a total of 75 items of product that were sampled periodically during the drying/ripening stage of processing. The predominant filamentous fungal genus isolated was Penicillium. Eurotium spp., Aspergillus versicolor and Cladosporium spp. were isolated from only two of the products. Eight Penicillium spec...

We evaluated the allelopathic effect of invasive species Cynodon dactylon from a natural grassland and overseeding intersowing with legumes fertilization phosphorus, on two native grasses, Paspalum notatum dilatatum. Due to what was observed in fertilized grasslands, where cover C. increases, P. decreases dilatatum is not affected, it expected that allelochemicals grasslands would have negative...

Fungi produce a wide range of secondary metabolites such as antibiotics, toxins, alkaloids, fatty acids, ketones and alcohols during active cell growth. The present study aimed to identify the secondary metabolites from some Penicillium species, using GC-MS. Many important compounds such as 3-oxoquinuclidine in Penicillium jenseii, formamidine in Penicillium pusillum, orcinol and 1,3,8-p-mentha...