| Penicillium funiculosum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Eurotiales |
| Family: | Aspergillaceae |
| Genus: | Penicillium |
| Species: | P. funiculosum
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| Binomial name | |
| Penicillium funiculosum Thom, (1910)
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| Synonyms | |
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Penicillium aurantiacum J.H. Mill., (1957) | |
Penicillium funiculosum is a plant pathogen infecting pineapples.
It is also used as a source of the enzymes xylanase and beta-glucanase which are a non-starch polysaccharide hydrolysing enzymes used in the pig feed Rovabio Excel.[1]
- ^ Walsh, M. C.; Geraert, P. A.; Maillard, R.; Kluess, J.; Lawlor, P. G. (2012). "The effect of a non-starch polysaccharide-hydrolysing enzyme (Rovabio® Excel) on feed intake and body condition of sows during lactation and on progeny growth performance". Animal. 6 (10): 1627–33. doi:10.1017/S1751731112000237. PMID 23031562.