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Microbe of the Year 2026


Penicillium – a live saving mold

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Penicillium - institutes/working groups

  • Ulrich Kück I Allgemeine und Molekulare Botanik I Ruhr-Universität Bochum
  • Birgit Hoff I White Biotechnology Research  I BASF SE I Ludwigshafen

  • Ebrahim Razzazi-Fazeli I VetCore Facility for Research I Universität Wien I Vienna, Austria
  • Percy Kampeis I Umweltplanung/ Umwelttechnik I Hochschule Trier
  • Kristjan Plaetzer I Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology I
    Paris Lodron University Salzburg

 

 

 

 

Literature

  • Mikrobe des Jahres 2026: Penicillium, ein Schimmelpilz als Lebensretter I Ulrich Kück und Birgit Hoff I BIOspektrum 1/2026

  • Mikrobe des Jahres 2026: Penicillium im Rampenlicht – Biotechnologie für eine nachhaltige Zukunft I Birgit Hoff und Ulrich Kück I BIOspektrum 1/2026 
  • Mary Hunt's discovery of the Cantaloupe strain I Post on LinkedIn I Source: The Enduring Mystery of “Moldy Mary” I Jan Suszkiw, USDA
  • Penicillin during war I Post on LinkedIn I Source: The Discovery of Penicillin—New Insights After More Than 75 Years of Clinical Use I Robert Gaynes I National Library of Medicine I Emerging Infectious Diseases 2017 23(5):849–853. doi: 10.3201/eid2305.161556

 

 

 

Videos

  • 1928 - Die Jahrhundertmedizin Histoclips
  • Penicillin | Microorganisms | Biology | FuseSchool
  • Penicillium causing bacteria to explode I @MEDspiration
  • The Mistery of Moldy Mary I InterestingEngineering.com

 

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