JCM Catalogue

Penicillium chrysogenum Thom 1910

Taxonomy in NCBI database: Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Fungi; Dikarya; Ascomycota; saccharomyceta; Pezizomycotina; leotiomyceta; Eurotiomycetes; Eurotiomycetidae; Eurotiales; Aspergillaceae.
Taxonomy in MycoBank database: Fungi, Dikarya, Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina, Eurotiomycetes, Eurotiomycetidae, Eurotiales, Aspergillaceae.

2056 <-- K. Arima <-- Pfizer 1029 <-- M. P. Backus et al. Wis. Q-176.
Accessioned in 1983.
=ATCC 10002 =BCRC 30563 =CBS 277.47 =IAM 7326 =IAM 12842 =IFO 4626 =IMI 37767 =NBIMCC 129 =NBRC 4626 =PRL 1910 =QM 943.
Medium: 29, 30, 31, 226; Temperature: 24°C; Rehydration fluid: 664.

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Source: UV-induced mutant from X-1612 (Carnegie Inst., USA).
More information: Good sporulation, but atypical in morphology.
Production: High yields of penicillin [1073].
Assay: Antibiotics (Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 14 ed.).

Publication(s) using this strain [A23167].

Related information on delivery / use of the strain

Biosafety level		1
Terms and conditions		Not applicable
Export control ⁽¹⁾		No
Distribution control in Japan ⁽²⁾		No
Genetically modified microorganism		No
Technical information		-
Additional information		-

(1) in complying with the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Law of Japan
(2) in complying with the Plant Protection Law of Japan

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Domestic	A (Freeze-dried or L-dried culture) or C (Actively growing culture on request)
Overseas	A (Freeze-dried or L-dried culture) or C (Actively growing culture on request)

Viability and purity assays of this product were performed at the time of production as part of quality control. The authenticity of the culture was confirmed by analyzing an appropriate gene sequence, e.g., the 16S rRNA gene for prokaryotes, the D1/D2 region of LSU rRNA gene, the ITS region of the nuclear rRNA operon, etc. for eukaryotes. The characteristics and/or functions of the strain appearing in the catalogue are based on information from the corresponding literature and JCM does not guarantee them.

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