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Penicillium antarcticum

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Order
  
Eurotiales

Genus
  
Penicillium

Division
  
Ascomycota

Family
  
Trichocomaceae

Rank
  
Species

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Penicillium antarcticum is an ubiquitous, endophytic fungus species of the genus Penicillium. Penicillium antarcticum produces the polyketide compounds antarone A and antarone B.

It was originally discovered on the Windmill Islands off Antarctica, thus its name.

References

Penicillium antarcticum Wikipedia