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Definition of Genus penicillium

1. Noun. Genus of fungi commonly growing as green or blue molds on decaying food; used in making cheese and as a source of penicillin.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Penicillium

Literary usage of Genus penicillium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the National Association for the Study of Pellagra: Second by Meeting (1914)
"... OF THE METABOLISM OF MOULDS BELONGING TO THE genus penicillium.* By CL ALSBERG and CF BLACK. (Bureau of Plant Industry, US Department of Agriculture. ..."

2. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"All of the fungi with the penicillate type of fructification are grouped together in the form— genus Penicillium. The small and delicate conidiophore ..."

3. Journal of Mycology by William Ashbrook Kellerman, Job Bicknell Ellis, Benjamin Matlack Everhart, United States Dept. of Agriculture. Section of Vegetable Pathology (1905)
"Dr. Fr. Dierckx in speaking of the genus Penicillium (translating freely), says, "For the genus Penicillium it is only exceptionally possible to identify a ..."

4. Fermentation Organisms; a Laboratory Handbook by Albert Klocker (1903)
"It belongs, like the preceding one, to the pathogenic species. 2. Genus : Penicillium, Link. The conidiophore has septa and has short branches near the top. ..."

5. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles Edward Marshall (1911)
"The extremely abundant green molds most frequently belong to the genus Penicillium, although some members of other groups may be confused with them at times ..."

6. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"From a granuloma removed surgically from the left leg of an 18 year old girl the author has isolated 2 hyphomycetes, one belonging to the genus Penicillium ..."

7. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"The present genus is not in the least related to the genus Penicillium, to which the yeast plant belongs, as might be supposed from the resemblance of the ..."

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