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The strain Penicillium expansum Mucl 29412, a monoconidial culture derivated from the wild type LCP 3384, after being submitted to divers physical factors, has bred ten variants. The variations are maintained from one generation to an other. They concern mainly the cultural characters and some microscopic characters. The implications for taxonomic studies and identification on a culture issued from a monospore are discussed. The value of cultural and microscopic characters, stable or not, as taxonomic criteria is investigated.
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Berny, J.F., Hennebert, G.L. (1990). Variants of Penicillium Expansum: An Analysis of Cultural and Microscopic Characters as Taxonomic Criteria. In: Samson, R.A., Pitt, J.I. (eds) Modern Concepts in Penicillium and Aspergillus Classification. NATO ASI Series, vol 185. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3579-3_5
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