Penicillium expansum
TaxID: 27334
Basic Information
Penicillium expansum
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Penicillium expansum is a psychrophilic blue mold that is common throughout the world in soil. It causes Blue Mold of apples, one of the most prevalent and economically damaging post-harvest diseases of apples. Though primarily known as a disease of apples, this plant pathogen can infect a wide range of hosts, including pears, strawberries, tomatoes, corn, and rice. Penicillium expansum produces the carcinogenic metabolite patulin, a neurotoxin that is harmful when consumed. Patulin is produced by the fungus as a virulence factor as it infects the host. Patulin levels in foods are regulated by the governments of many developed countries. Patulin is a particular health concern for young children, who are often heavy consumers of apple products. The fungus can also produce the mycotoxin citrinin.
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Taxonomic Information
Eukaryota
Ascomycota
Eurotiomycetes
Eurotiales
Aspergillaceae
Penicillium
Penicillium expansum
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Species
k__Eukaryota;p__Ascomycota;c__Eurotiomycetes;o__Eurotiales;f__Aspergillaceae;g__Penicillium;s__Penicillium expansum
Fungal organisms
Photos (0 photos)
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Morphological Features
No morphological description available.
Host Plants (0 host plants)
Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.
No host plants available.
Quarantine Status (1 records)
Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.
| Country | Status | Year Added |
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| Mexico | Quarantine pests | — |
Distribution (0 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
No distribution records available.
Genomes (1 records)
Data source: NCBI.
| Assembly Accession | Assembly Level | Genome Size(Mb) | Contig N50(Kb) | Scaffold N50(Kb) | BUSCO% | Downloads | Actions |
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| GCF_000769745.1 | Contig | 32 | 301 | 301 | 98.19% |
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ASM76974v1 eurotiales_odb10 |
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Transcriptomes (3 records)
Data source: NCBI.
| Run ID | Tissue | Developmental Stage | Sex | Read Count | Location | Actions |
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| DRR857914 | - | - | - | 35977122 | missing: data agreement established pre-2023 | |
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PRJDB39409 DRX835897 DRP016427 fungi Pe16h_3 (CRX2017472; CRA030347) T01 {'strain': 'T01', 'sample_name': 'SAMC5912223_Pe16h', 'geo_loc_name': 'missing: data agreement established pre-2023', 'ngdc_sample_id': 'SAMC5912223', 'collection_date': '2020-10-28', 'ngdc_project_id': 'PRJCA046491', 'ngdc_release_date': '2025-09-17'} |
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| DRR857912 | - | - | - | 35535784 | missing: data agreement established pre-2023 | |
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PRJDB39409 DRX835895 DRP016427 fungi Pe16h_1 (CRX2017470; CRA030347) T01 {'strain': 'T01', 'sample_name': 'SAMC5912223_Pe16h', 'geo_loc_name': 'missing: data agreement established pre-2023', 'ngdc_sample_id': 'SAMC5912223', 'collection_date': '2020-10-28', 'ngdc_project_id': 'PRJCA046491', 'ngdc_release_date': '2025-09-17'} |
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| DRR857913 | - | - | - | 36032335 | missing: data agreement established pre-2023 | |
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PRJDB39409 DRX835896 DRP016427 fungi Pe16h_2 (CRX2017471; CRA030347) T01 {'strain': 'T01', 'sample_name': 'SAMC5912223_Pe16h', 'geo_loc_name': 'missing: data agreement established pre-2023', 'ngdc_sample_id': 'SAMC5912223', 'collection_date': '2020-10-28', 'ngdc_project_id': 'PRJCA046491', 'ngdc_release_date': '2025-09-17'} |
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