Citrinin is a nephrotoxic mycotoxin produced by several species of the genus and Monascus. Citrinin is generally formed after harvest and occurs mainly in stored grains. efficacy of different concentrations of aqueous leaf extracts of Rhazya stricta Decne and Cleome amblyocarpa two fungal strains Penicillium notatum and Aspergillus niger and fungal biomass by the isolates was suppressed, depend...

In dual cultures Oudemansiella mucida and Xerula melanotricha (basidiomycetes) react to the presence of living Penicillium notatum or P. turbatum with an increased production of strobilurin A (1) or X (2). P. notatum in turn reacts to the two basidiomycetes or their antibiotic strobilurin A alone with the production of N-(2-hydroxypropanoyl)-2-aminobenzoic acid amide (3) or chrysogine (4). P. m...

Of the bacterial antagonists thus far known to be produced by microorganisms, the most effective in bactericidal action against Brucella abortus is the culture filtrate from a strain of Penicillium notatum (Kocholaty, 1942). Another antibacterial substance, penicillin, also obtained from a culture of a strain of Penicillium notatum, but with very little potency against Brucella abortus, has bee...

UNLABELLED Penicillium notatum is a fungus that widely exists in the environment and is often non-pathogenic to humans. However, in immunocompromised hosts it may be recognized as a cause of systemic mycosis. A 44-year-old man with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) was admitted to our hospital with fever and neutropenia. Due to no improvement after initial treatment, he underwent bronchoscopy. The p...

1. Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase was isolated and partially purified from a thermophilic fungus, Penicillium duponti, and a mesophilic fungus, Penicillium notatum. 2. The molecular weight of the P. duponti enzyme was found to be 120000+/-10000 by gelfiltration and sucrose-density-gradient-centrifugation techniques. No NADP(+)- or glucose 6-phosphate-induced change in molecular weight could ...

The naphthoquinones lapachol and dichloroallyl lawsone readily undergo oxidative ring fission when incubated with several fungi and streptomycetes. Penicillium notatum was employed to produce the ring fission product of dichloroallyl lawsone which was isolated and characterized by spectral analyses and chemical synthesis. The mechanism of oxidative ring fission of lapachol was studied by growin...