While mold doesn’t have the best reputation, some types can actually be quite beneficial. Take Penicillium, for example—it’s the mold responsible for producing penicillin, one of the most ...

A dried sample of the original Penicillium mold that Fleming discovered in 1928. Cade Martin For many people, a bloom of mold symbolizes failure. But this small medallion of mold, its two dots of ...

Food safety expert at Penn State Extension Martin Bucknavage gets at the good and bad of mold, and how to tell the difference. Penicillium camemberti creates the earthy rind on soft cheeses like ...

“These are intentionally added to the milk cultures,” says Wee. A mold called penicillium roqueforti is used to make blue cheeses like roquefort and gorgonzola. Penicillium camemberti is used ...

Fleming continued to experiment with what he called “mold juice,” eventually isolating the Penicillium fungus as the bacteria slayer. He published his findings in 1929 in the British Journal ...

Because the damp limestone caves that dot southern France are filled with naturally occurring Penicillium roqueforti mold spores — a variety of mold that is in the same family as the one that ...

contain a different species of mold called Penicillium camemberti. In this case, the cheese is made and then the mold is introduced on the outside of the final product, which is what you notice as ...