Penicillium radicum is an anamorph species of the genus of Penicillium which was isolated from rhizosphere of Australian wheat.[1][3][4][5] This species has the ability to solubilise inorganic phosphates, this can promote plant growth[6][7] Penicillium radicum produces rugulosin[8]

Penicillium radicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Penicillium
Species:
P. radicum
Binomial name
Penicillium radicum
Hocking, A.D.; Whitelaw, M.; Harden, T.J. 1998[1]
Type strain
ATCC 201836, CBS 100489, DAR 72374, FRR 4718[2]
Synonyms

Talaromyces radicus[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c MycoBank
  2. ^ Straininfo of Penicillium radicum
  3. ^ UniProt
  4. ^ Hocking, Ailsa D.; Whitelaw, Melanie; Harden, Terence J. (1998). "Penicillium radicum sp. nov. From the rhizosphere of Australian wheat". Mycological Research. 102 (7): 801. doi:10.1017/S0953756297005698.
  5. ^ ATCC
  6. ^ Mohammad Saghir Khan; Almas Zaidi; Javed Musarrat (2014). Phosphate Solubilizing Microorganisms: Principles and Application of Microphos Technology. Springe. ISBN 3-319-08216-7.
  7. ^ Microbiology Australia. The Australian Society for Microbiology. 2003.
  8. ^ Sarah De Saeger (2011). Determining Mycotoxins and Mycotoxigenic Fungi in Food and Feed. Elsevier. ISBN 0-85709-097-6.

Further reading edit

  • Simon Anstis (2004). Penicillium Radicum: Studies on the Mechanisms of Growth Promotion in Wheat. University of Adelaide, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Soil and Land Systems.
  • Dinesh K. Maheshwari (2011). Bacteria in Agrobiology: Plant Nutrient Management. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 3-642-21061-9.
  • Q. Ashton Acton (2012). Issues in Chemistry and General Chemical Research: 2011 Edition. ScholarlyEditions. ISBN 1-4649-6334-7.
  • Atta-ur-Rahman (2015). Studies in Natural Products Chemistry Volume 46. Elsevier. ISBN 0-444-63469-X.