Definitions for Penicillium

Penicillium pen·i·cil·li·um

Spelling: [pen-uh-sil-ee-uh m]
IPA: /ˌpɛn əˈsɪl i əm/

Penicillium is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 287 anagrams from letters in Penicillium (ceiiillmnpu).

Definitions for Penicillium

noun

  1. any fungus of the genus Penicillium, certain species of which are used in cheesemaking and as the source of penicillin.

Origin of Penicillium

1925-30; New Latin, equivalent to Latin pēnicill(us) brush (see pencil) + -ium -ium

Examples for Penicillium

On the other hand, the spores of penicillium are capable of being transformed into yeast.

When cold, inoculate with a culture of penicillium brevicaule, and keep at a temperature of 37° C.

Eighty-one years later, the substance produced by the penicillium notatum fungus is still in wide use as an antibiotic.

penicillium as a nutrient medium offered greater resistance to poisons than did any of the other fungi worked upon.

More or less of the pale gray-green fruit of the characteristic penicillium Camemberti can usually be seen.

This most remarkable experiment was successfully made with the seeds of our common mould, penicillium glaucam.

Another form, common everywhere on mouldy food of all kinds, as well as in other situations, is the blue mould (penicillium).

By the miracle of penicillium Roqueforti a new cheese was made.

penicillium brevicaule uses the element in its development as a food substance.

The cells thus formed produce penicillium like the cells of yeast.

Word Value for Penicillium
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