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While mold doesn’t have the best reputation, some types can actually be quite beneficial. Take Penicillium, for example—it’s the mold responsible for producing penicillin, one of the most important ...

"Penicillium camemberti: A history of domestication on cheese." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 09 / 200924114130.htm (accessed March 10, 2026).

Blue cheese is a common type of cheese that’s known for its strong smell and distinct flavor. Although most people have tried blue cheese, many are unfamiliar with how it’s made and whether it can go ...

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In a recent study published in the Scientific Reports Journal, researchers explored the use of endophytic fungi to fabricate selenium nanoparticles. They reported the successful green synthesis of ...

In the past decades, the discovery of new antibiotics has not kept pace with the development of antibiotic-resistant infectious microorganisms 1. Historically, actinomycetes have been the main source ...

Researchers from Imperial College London, CABI, and the University of Oxford, have sequenced the genome of Alexander Fleming’s penicillin mold for the first time, and compared it to strains that are ...

We describe two new terverticillate Penicillium species isolated from grapes on the basis of phenotypic and phylogenetic differences from known species. The strains were isolated in the course of a ...

The white, fluffy layer that covers Camembert is made of a mould resulting from human selection, similar to the way dogs were domesticated from wolves. A collaboration involving French scientists from ...