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Penicillium zonatum

species of fungus

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionOct 22, 2025
Entity authorityQ10623096 ↗
Source-derived summary

Penicillium zonatum is an anamorph species of fungus in the genus Penicillium which was isolated from soil. Penicillium zonatum produces xanthomegin, brefeldin A and janthitrem B

References

Further reading

Rudd, L. E.; Perry, J. J.; Houk, V. S.; Williams, R. W.; Claxton, L. D. (1996). "Changes in mutagenicity during crude oil degradation by fungi". Biodegradation. 7 (4): 335–43. doi:10.1007/bf00115747. PMID 8987891.

Robert A. Samson, John I. Pitt (2013). Modern Concepts in Penicillium and Aspergillus Classification. Springer Science & Business Media.

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The public source identifies “Penicillium zonatum” as species of fungus. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Penicillium, zonatum and species.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1996, 1007, 2013—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Penicillium, zonatum and species providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Penicillium zonatum” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.