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Penicillium subrubescens by Jos Houbraken, CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, The Netherlands.
Penicillium subrubescens by Jos Houbraken, CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, The Netherlands.

Penicillium subrubescens FBCC1632 / CBS132785 was sequenced and annotated by CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre and University of Helsinki, and incorporated into Mycocosm to facilitate comparative analyses.

Penicillium subrubescens is a saprobic species from the section Lanata-diversicata of the genus Penicillium. It was originally isolated from soil of a Jerusalem artichoke field (1) in Helsinki, Finland. The species has a high potential for the production of plant biomass degrading enzyme mixtures (2).

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Reference

1. Mansouri S, Houbraken J, Samson RA, Frisvad JC, Christensen M, Tuthill DE, Koutaniemi S, Hatakka A, Lankinen P. 2013. Penicillium subrubescens, a new species efficiently producing inulinase. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 103:1343-1357.

2. Mäkelä MR, Mansouri S, Wiebenga A, Rytioja J, de Vries RP, Hildén K. 2016. Penicillium subrubescens is a promising alternative for Aspergillus niger as a producer of plant biomass degrading enzymes. New Biotechnol, 33: 834-841.