Penicillium sacculum

Penicillium sacculum is an anamorph species of fungus in the genus Penicillium which produces the xanthone 1-hydroxy-3-methoxy-6-sulfo-8-methylxanthone.^[1][3][4][5] Penicillium sacculum was isolated from the halophyte plant Atriplex^[6]

Penicillium sacculum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Eurotiomycetes
Order:	Eurotiales
Family:	Aspergillaceae
Genus:	Penicillium
Species:	P. sacculum
Binomial name
Penicillium sacculum Dale, E. 1926[1]
Type strain
ATCC 18350, BB298, CBS 231.61, IFO 8114, IFO 9454, IMI 051498, LSHB BB298, NBRC 8114, NBRC 9454, UC 4505[2]
Synonyms
Eladia saccula[1]

References

1. MycoBank
2. Straininfo of Penicillium sacculum
3. UniProt
4. ATCC
5. Liu, Tao; Zhang, Limin; Li, Zhanlin; Wang, Yu; Tian, Li; Pei, Yuehu; Hua, Huiming (2012). "A new sulfo-xanthone from the marine-derived fungus Penicillium sacculum". Chemistry of Natural Compounds. 48 (5): 771. doi:10.1007/s10600-012-0378-y.
6. Shilin Chen; Andrew Marston; Hermann Stuppner (2014). Handbook of Chemical and Biological Plant Analytical Methods. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-87498-1.

Further reading

• Robert Samson (2013). Advances in Penicillium and Aspergillus Systematics. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-1-4757-1856-0.
• Stephane La Barre; Jean-Michel Kornprobst (2014). Outstanding Marine Molecules. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-3-527-68153-2.