Penicillium_notatum Penicillium_notatum

Penicillium notatum - Definition and Overview

Penicillium notatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Fungi
Phylum:Ascomycota
Class:Euascomycetes
Order:Eurotiales
Family:Trichomaceae
Genus:Penicillium
Species:P. notatum
Binomial name
Penicillium notatum

Penicillium notatum is the fungi from which originates the well-known antibiotic penicillin, discovered first in 1896 by French physician Ernest Duchesne, forgotten, and then rediscovered by chance by Alexander Fleming in 1928. It belongs to the deuteromycetes family, and has no known sexual state.


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