Penicillium

Word PENICILLIUM
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Definitions and meanings of "Penicillium"

What do we mean by penicillium?

Any of various characteristically bluish-green fungi of the genus Penicillium that grow as molds on decaying fruits and ripening cheese and are used in the production of antibiotics such as penicillin and in making cheese. noun

A genus of saprophytic fungi of the class Ascomycetes, the well-known blue-molds, that are abundant on decaying bread and numerous other decaying substances. noun

l. c In zoology, same as pencil, 7. noun

Any of the blue-green fungi, of the genus Penicillium, that are an important source of antibiotics. noun

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

Any of the blue-green fungi, of the genus Penicillium, that are used in the manufacture of cheeses, and are an important source of antibiotics.

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The word "penicillium" in example sentences

The first thing I learned was that to make penicillin, you have to grow a mold called penicillium. ❋ Frances O’Roark Dowell (2007)

There are tens of thousands of brilliant biological researchers out there, but only Fleming had the wit to cause penicillium notatum to float in the window. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The search engines would not have realized, as did Sir Alexander Fleming, that the penicillium mold forming on some accidentally spilled rye bread crumbs and preventing staphylococcus bacteria from growing in his Petrie dish could herald the discovery of the life-saving antibiotic, penicillin. ❋ Marshall P. Duke (2010)

He also pierces the cheese slightly later – at approximately 5 or 6 weeks rather than 4 or 5 – giving more time for the acidity to drop before the penicillium roqueforti (blue mould) does its work. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Blue By Ewe is a Roquefort style cheese made using penicillium roqueforti and is hand salted with Murray River salt. ❋ Haalo (2008)

I am also allergic to penicillium it is spelled correctly, and other molds. ❋ Steven Barnes (2008)

From an environmental standpoint alone - there were serious indoor mold problems with stachybotrys, aspergillus, penicillium, chaetomium, trichoderma, fusarium, cladosporium and others found in the toxic home. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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