Penicillium chrysogenum

Penicillium chrysogenum is a commonly occurring mould in indoor environments and foods, and has gained much attention for its use in the production of the antibiotic penicillin. Phylogenetic analysis of the most important penicillin producing P. chrysogenum isolates revealed the presence of two highly supported clades, and we show here that these two clades represent two species, P. chrysogenum and P. rubens.

Full: Penicillium chrysogenum
Japanese: P. クリソゲヌム, P. kurisogenumu
Type: Fungus

Manga Notes:
P. chrysogenum and other friends in the penicillium genus - over 200 strains have been discovered so far. (Ch 04)

Story Details:
This is first seen in Itsuki Keizou Sensei's lab. Hasegawa Haruka demands that Sawaki Tadayasu prove his ability, these are seen in a petri dish culture.