title: The First Report of Penicillium georgiense in Malaysia.
abstract: Penicillium georgiense was isolated from sandy beach soil from Batu Ferringhi beach, Penang Island, Malaysia. The identification was based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of internal transcribed spacer regions and β-tubulin sequences. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of P. georgiense in Malaysia.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Teh Li
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Yee
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Latiffah
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zakaria
keywords: Beach soil; ITS regions; Morphology; Penicillium georgiense; β-Tubulin