Penicillium citrinum

P. citrinum has been a well recognised species for most of this century. Its importance in the present context lies not so much in the production of a mycotoxin of particular human significance, but in its ubiquity, so that any toxins produced can be expected to be very widely distributed in food and feed supplies. P. citrinum is the major producer of citrinin,

Organism Details:
Shape and Size
uniform in size with a spherical shape
Genome Information
P. citrinum has linear DNA..(updated soon)
Food Source
Instances of spoilage are rare, but growth, and toxin production, are likely to be a common occurrence.P. citrinum is a ubiquitous fungus, and has been isolated from nearly every kind of food surveyed for fungi. The most common sources are milled grains and flour, and whole cereals, expecially rice, wheat and corn (Pitt and Hocking, 1985a). Instances of spoilage are rare, but growth, and toxin production, are likely to be a common occurrence.
Pathological Factor
Citrinin is the only mycotoxin produced by P. citrinum. P. citrinum is the major producer of this toxin, but production by P. expansum and P. verrucosum has also been reliably reporte
Disease
Affected Body Organs
Classification
Kingdom Fungi
Order Eurotiales
Family Trichocomaceae
Genus Penicillium
Species P. Citrinum