{"id":100,"date":"2007-07-19T19:56:41","date_gmt":"2007-07-19T19:56:41","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-05-15T12:45:58","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T16:45:58","slug":"penicillium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/mold-allergy-c\/penicillium\/","title":{"rendered":"Penicillium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Penicillium<\/h1>\n

Penicillium is a genus of mold. <\/p>\n

Some species are used in food production, for example Penicillium camemberti<\/em> which is used to make Brie and Camembert cheeses<\/a>. <\/p>\n

People often develop allergies<\/a> to molds of this genus.<\/p>\n

Penicillium chrysogenum<\/em> is especially useful – and dangerous – as it is used to produce the antibiotic<\/strong> Penicillin.<\/p>\n

\nSome species of Penicillium are toxic<\/a>, producing the carcinogenic<\/a> toxin ochratoxin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n


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