A New Record of Penicillium pimiteouiense from Beach Soil in Malaysia.
Three isolates of Penicillium pimiteouiense were recovered from sandy beach soil samples in Penang Island, Peninsular Malaysia. All the isolates were identified based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of internal transcribed spacer regions and β-tubulin gene. This is a first record of P. pimiteouiense in Malaysia.
School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 UPM, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
Li Yee
LY
Teh
School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 UPM, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
Zakaria
Z
Latiffah
Beach soil; ITS regions; Morphology; Penicillium pimiteouiense; β-tubulin