Penicillium islandicum explained

Penicillium islandicum is an anamorph species of the genus of Penicillium which produces luteoskyrin, simatoxin, cyclochlorotine (islanditoxin), rugulosin and chitosanase.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Further reading

• 6035274. 251954. 1967. Ueno. Y. Biotin and the biosynthesis of anthraquinoid pigments in Penicillium islandicum Sopp. Journal of Bacteriology. 94. 3. 786. 10.1128/JB.94.3.786-.1967.
• 10.1007/BF00518172. 8593690. Transformations of Penicillium islandicum and Penicillium frequentans that produce anthraquinone-related compounds. Current Genetics. 28. 6. 580–584. 1995. Huang . K. X. . Iwakami . N. . Fujii . I. . Ebizuka . Y. . Sankawa . U. . 13091247.
• 10.1007/BF00409000. Untersuchungen zu Struktur und Biogenese des sauren Polysaccharids von Penicillium islandicum (Islandinsäure). Archiv für Mikrobiologie. 54. 3. 276–296. 1966. Ebert . E.. Zenk . M. H.. 23073464.
• 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1964.tb00681.x. 14277872. Cytotoxic Effects of the Mycotoxins of Penicillium Islandicum Sopp, Luteoskyrin and Chlorine-Containing Peptide on Chang's Liver Cells and Hela Cells. Pathology International. 14. 3. 373–394. 1964. Umeda . M. . 32471852.
• 10.1039/J39680001941. Modified anthraquinones from Penicillium islandicum. Journal of the Chemical Society C: Organic. 1941. 1968. Bu'Lock . J. D.. Smith . J. R..
• 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)76385-4. Further studies on the bianthraquinones of sopp. Tetrahedron Letters. 9. 15. 1881–1886. 1968. Ogihara . Y. . Kobayashi . N. M. . Shibata . S. .
• 10.1099/00221287-126-1-151. Purification and Mode of Action of a Chitosanase from Penicillium islandicum. Microbiology. 126. 151–165. 1981. Fenton . D. M.. Eveleigh . D. E.. free.
• Book: John I. Pitt . Ailsa D. Hocking . Fungi and Food Spoilage . 3 . Springer Science & Business Media . 2009 . 978-0387922072.
• Book: NIIR Board of Consultants & Engineers . The Complete book on Natural Dyes & Pigments . ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS PRESS Inc . 2005 . 978-8178330327.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Taxonomy - Penicillium islandicum. UniProt . 13 June 2016 .
2. 10.1099/00221287-126-1-151. Purification and Mode of Action of a Chitosanase from Penicillium islandicum. Microbiology. 126. 151–165. 1981. Fenton . D. M.. Eveleigh . D. E.. free.
3. 677874. 242987. 1978. Ghosh. A. C.. Production of cyclochlorotine and a new metabolite, simatoxin, by Penicillium islandicum Sopp. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 35. 6. 1074–8. Manmade. A. Townsend. J. M.. Bousquet. A. Howes. J. F.. Demain. A. L.. 10.1128/AEM.35.6.1074-1078.1978.
4. Book: Gerhard Eisenbrand . Peter Schreier . Alfred Hagen Meyer . RÖMPP Lexikon Lebensmittelchemie . 2 . Georg Thieme Verlag . 2014 . 978-3131792822.
5. 10.1080/03758397.1959.10857592. Islanditoxin, α Toxic Metabolite Produced by Penicillium islandicum Sopp. Marumo, Shingo. Miyao, Kohei. Matsuyama, Akira. 1955-10-01. Bulletin of the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan. 258–266. 19. 4. 85071143.
6. Web site: Penicillium islandicum Sopp (ATCC 26535) . ATCC . 13 June 2016.