Penicillium

Penicillium is a genus of filamentous fungi best known as the source of penicillin. In the WikiBiome context, Penicillium appears in the gut mycobiome — the fungal component of the microbiome — with associations across ASD, pancreatitis, and cardiometabolic disease.

Disease Associations

  • ASD: Altered Penicillium abundance in gut mycobiome of ASD children [1] [2].
  • Pancreatitis: Part of intestinal fungal microbiota shifts in acute pancreatitis [3].
  • Cardiometabolic disease: Part of gut mycobiome in cardiometabolic progression [4].

Cross-References

References (5)

  1. Jigar Patel, Dae-Wook Kang, James Adams et al. (2018). Patel 2018 -- Analysis of Yeast and Fungi in Children with ASD vs. Neurotypical Controls. Unpublished/Preprint
  2. Francesco Strati, Duccio Cavalieri, Davide Albanese et al. (2017). Strati 2017 — New Evidences on the Altered Gut Microbiota in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Microbiome. doi:10.1186/s40168-017-0242-1
  3. Meng-Qi Zhao, Miao-Yan Fan, Meng-Yan Cui et al. (2025). Profile of intestinal fungal microbiota in acute pancreatitis patients and healthy individuals. Gut Pathogens. doi:10.1186/s13099-024-00675-z
  4. Xiaoyu Wei, Zixin Guo, Jingyang Wang et al. (2025). Gut mycobiome in cardiometabolic disease progression: current evidence and future directions. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2025.1659654
  5. Anees Ur Rahman, Abdullah Abdullah, Shah Faisal et al. (2024). Rahman 2024 — Nigella sativa extract: phytochemical analysis and antimicrobial/antioxidant activity. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. doi:10.1186/s12906-024-04470-w

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