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Penicillium radicum sp. nov. from the rhizosphere of Australian wheat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 1998

AILSA D. HOCKING
Affiliation:
CSIRO Division of Food Science and Technology, Sydney Laboratory, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia
MELANIE WHITELAW
Affiliation:
School of Science and Technology, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia Present address: School of Wine and Food Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia.
TERENCE J. HARDEN
Affiliation:
School of Wine and Food Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia
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Abstract

A new species of Penicillium, Subgenus Biverticillium, was isolated from the root of a wheat seedling during a survey of the ability of rhizosphere fungi to solubilize phosphate. The species, described here as Penicillium radicum, has affinities with P. variabile, P. allahabadense and Talaromyces wortmannii, but can be distinguished by differences in morphology, secondary metabolite profiles and unique DNA banding patterns obtained using RAPD PCR.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
The British Mycological Society 1998

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