Penicillium funiculosum

PTCC No.: 
5301
Other collection No.: 
CBS 235.94, ATCC 11797, NRRL A-622
Culture condition: 
24 °C
Information: 
<- CBS <- ATCC <- PB Marsh. Isolated from mercury- treated fabric, Meryland, USA. Used for fungus resistance testing, fungus resistance testing airborne equipment, fungus resistance testing automotive components, fungus resistance testing paint, fungus resistance testing polymers. Produces dextranase, acid phosphatase with phosphodiesterase and phosphomonoesterase activity
Literature: 

Fungus resistance testing (U.S. Department of Defense Environmental test methods and engineering guidelines. Washington, DC:US Department of Defense; Military Standard MIL-STD-810F, 2000; Standard Specification for Cellulosic Fiber Loose-Fill Thermal Insulation. West Conshohocken, PA:ASTM International, ASTM Standard Test Method C 0739-05be1; Standard Specification for Self-Supported Spray Applied Cellulosic Thermal Insulation. West Conshohocken, PA:ASTM International; ASTM Standard Test Method C 1149-06e1, Standard Test Method for Determining Fungi Resistance of Insulation Materials and Facings. West Conshohocken, PA:ASTM International; ASTM Standard Test Method C 1338-00). Fungus resistance testing airborne equipment (RTCA Environmental conditions and test procedures for airborne equipment- Fungus resistance. Washington, DC:RTCA; RTCA DO-160C). Fungus resistance testing paint (Standard Test Method for Determining the Resistance of Paint Films and Related Coating to Fungal Defacement by accelerated Four-Week Agar Plate Assay. West Conshohocken, PA:ASTM International; ASTM Standard Test Method D 5590-00 (Reapproved 2005)). Fungus resistance testing polymers ( ASTM International Standard Practice for Determining Resistance of Synthetic Polymeric Materials to Fungi. West Conshohocken, PA:ASTM International; ASTM Standard Test Method G 0021-96 (Reapproved 2002)). Production of acid phosphatase (J Biochem 1989, 105: 794-798. PubMed: 2753875). Production of dextranase (Carbohydr Res 1974, 36: 53-66. PubMed: 4369744; Dent Res 1972, 51: 409-414. PubMed: 4501480)

Supplied as: 
Freeze-dried
Risk group: 
1