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Penicillium camemberti
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About
Penicillium camemberti is a species of fungus in the genus Penicillium. It is used in the production of soft-ripened cheeses, including Camembert, Brie, Langres, Coulommiers, and Cambozola, on which colonies of P. camemberti form a hard, white crust. It is responsible for giving these cheeses their distinctive flavors. An allergy to the antibiotic penicillin does not necessarily imply an allergy to cheeses made using P. camemberti.
- Family
- Aspergillaceae
Pathogen
What it affects
Pathogenic organism
Classified as a Mold pathogen.
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- Name
- Penicillium camemberti
- Slug
- penicillium-camemberti
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Aspergillaceae
- Genus
- Penicillium
- Species
- camemberti
- Wikidata QID
- Q1709823
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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