Take Penicillium, for example—it’s the mold responsible for producing penicillin, one of the most important antibiotics in medicine. However, if you find Penicillium growing in your home ...

The colorful veins in your favorite Roquefort, Stilton, or Gorgonzola cheese do not happen by chance, it is a specific ...

Its beautiful marbled interior is given by Penicillium roqueforti, a fungus/mold that is used to ripen the cheese. And this is why, in fact, blue cheese is called so. We visited Caseificio Si ...

The world's supply of Brie and Camembert could be in danger. One mold, called Penicillium camemberti, is responsible for the cheeses' iconic white rinds and creamy, tangy centers. But the ...

very unusual. He took a sample of the mold. He found that it was from the penicillium family, later specified as Penicillium notatum. Fleming presented his findings in 1929, but they raised little ...