GERMINATION of fungal spores is characterized physiologically ... of different physiological agents on the ability of spores of Penicillium roqueforti to oxidize octanoic acid and hence provides ...

“Fungi are absolutely remarkable chemists ... Fleming accidentally discovered penicillin — from a fungus called Penicillium — that we used to combat bacterial epidemics that kept sweeping ...

Fleming discovered the Staphylococcus bacterium could not grow near the Penicillium fungus, which had contaminated his petri dish. As an extension of the study of cells and the structure of ...

Its beautiful marbled interior is given by Penicillium roqueforti, a fungus/mold that is used to ripen the cheese. And this is why, in fact, blue cheese is called so. We visited Caseificio Si ...