Penicillium expansum
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penicillium-expansum-215-3407225
title:
Penicillium expansum
text:
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
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of fungus
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillium_expansum
date created:
2007-05-08T23:52:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T22:07:49Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
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