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 ...

Since its initial use in cheesemaking in 1898, the strain has been cloned repeatedly to maintain consistency in taste and ...

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 ...

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 strain of fungi used to ferment these cheeses, an albino strain of penicillium camemberti, is what gives them their characteristic flavour and snowy white crust. This strain, however ...