Penicillium funiculosum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Phylum: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Subclass: | Eurotiomycetidae |
Order: | Eurotiales |
Family: | Trichocomaceae |
Genus: | Penicillium |
Species: | P. funiculosum |
Binomial name | |
Penicillium funiculosum Thom, (1910) |
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Synonyms | |
Penicillium aurantiacum J.H. Mill., (1957) |
Penicillium aurantiacum J.H. Mill., (1957)
Penicillium rubicundum J.H. Mill., (1957)
Penicillium varians G. Sm., (1933)
Penicillium funiculosum is a plant pathogen infecting pineapples.
It is also used as a source of the enzymes xylanase and beta-glucanase which are a non-starch polysaccharide hydrolysing enzymes used in the pig feed Rovabio Excel.