Speciation despite globally overlapping distributions in Penicillium chrysogenum: the population genetics of Alexander Fleming’s lucky fungus

Abstract excerpt

Eighty years ago, Alexander Fleming described the antibiotic effects of a fungus that had contaminated his bacterial culture, kick starting the antimicrobial revolution. The fungus was later ascribed to a putatively globally distributed asexual species, Penicillium chrysogenum. Recently, the species has been shown to be genetically diverse, and possess mating-type genes. Here, phylogenetic and population genetic...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
• Share to Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
• Share to Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases