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 patel 2018 yeast fungi asd neurotypical strati 2017 altered gut microbiota mycobiota asd.
- Pancreatitis: Part of intestinal fungal microbiota shifts in acute pancreatitis zhao 2025 intestinal fungal microbiota acute pancreatitis.
- Cardiometabolic disease: Part of gut mycobiome in cardiometabolic progression wei 2025 gut mycobiome cardiometabolic disease.
Cross-References
- mycobiome — fungal component of microbiome
- candida albicans — dominant pathogenic gut fungus
- aspergillus — related filamentous fungal genus