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The fungi form one of the largest groups of organisms, comprising some 65,000 species. They vary from the larger bracket fungi and toadstools to the common soil fungi or recycling organisms. The latter play an important ecological role in breaking down dead plant and animal materials and returning them to the soil. However, from time to time, they attack materials grown or manufactured by man. In the process, they often damage the material either mechanically or enzymatically or by other chemical reactions. Interesting secondary metabolites including the useful antibiotics or undesirable mycotoxins are produced. This potential activity is harnessed in manufacturing processes. Two genera of particular interest in these respects, especially on account of their production of antibiotics and mycotoxins, are Penicillium and Acremonium.
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Onions, A.H.S., Brady, B.L. (1987). Taxonomy of Penicillium and Acremonium . In: Peberdy, J.F. (eds) Penicillium and Acremonium . Biotechnology Handbooks, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1986-1_1
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