EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Some of the fungi most frequently isolated from fermented and cured meat products such as Penicillium chrysogenum and Penicillium nalgiovense are known penicillin producers; the latter has been shown to be able to produce penicillin when growing on the surface of meat products and secrete it to the medium.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pencillium notatum and Cephalosporium acremonium are two species of fungus, which are used in the production of the antibiotics.

Detailed explanation-3: -Penicillium mold naturally produces the antibiotic penicillin. 2.

Detailed explanation-4: -Penicillium species, especially Penicillium roqueforti, Penicillium camemberti, and Penicillium nalgiovense, are used in the production of blue cheeses, white cheeses, and mold-fermented meat sausages.

Detailed explanation-5: -Penicillium is a diverse fungal genus of ascomycetous fungi and contains more than 350 species (Visagie et al., 2014). Penicillium is often referred as Deuteromycetes.