Table 1 Overview of Penicillium chrysogenum and P. rubens strains studied.
From: Fleming’s penicillin producing strain is not Penicillium chrysogenum but P. rubens
No. | Other collection no. | Name | Substrate, locality | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
NRRL 820 | DTO 100G5 = IBT 4395 = IBT 6067 = IMI 92220 | P. chrysogenum | Unrecorded source | Ex-lectotype of P. griseoroseum |
CBS 306.48T | NRRL 807 = IBT 5233 = IMI 24314 | P. chrysogenum | Cheese, Storrs, Connecticut, USA | Ex-lectotype of P. chrysogenum |
DTO 8712 | P. chrysogenum | Fungal growth on ceiling of archive, Utrecht, the Netherlands | ||
DTO 102B4 | IBT 26889 = C238 | P. chrysogenum | House dust, Wallaceburg, ON, Canada | Representative of group 2 in the study of Scott et al. (2004) |
CBS 355.48 | NRRL 821 = IBT 4344 = DTO 98D4 = IMI 39759 | P. chrysogenum | Branches of Hyssopus, Norway | Ex-type of P. notatum |
CBS 197.46 | NRRL 832 | P. rubens | Must contaminant, Belgium | The strain first used for producing penicillin in submerged culture (Raper & Thom 1949: 368–370) |
CBS 205.57 | NRRL 824 = IBT 30142 = IMI 015378 | P. rubens | Culture contaminant in bacterial culture, UK | Fleming’s original penicillin producing strain |
DTO 95E9 | IBT 30661 | P. rubens | Cap of beer bottle, Belgium | |
NRRL 792T | DTO 98E8 = IBT 30129 | P. rubens | Unrecorded source | Ex-lectotype of P. rubens |
CBS 307.48 | NRRL 1951 = IBT 5857 = IMI 40233 | P. rubens | Mouldy cantaloupe Peoria, Illinois, USA | “Wisconsin strain”, parent of most high yielding penicillin producing strains |
Wisconsin 54-1255 | P. rubens | Mouldy cantaloupe Peoria, Illinois, USA | Full genome sequenced strain |