RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Laich, Federico A1 Andrade, JacintoYR 2016 T1 Penicillium pedernalense sp. nov., isolated from whiteleg shrimp heads waste compost JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 66 IS 11 SP 4382 OP 4388 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001360 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Novel Penicillium-like strains were isolated during the characterization of the mycobiota community dynamics associated with shrimp waste composting. Phylogenetic analysis of the partial β-tubulin (BenA) gene and the ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer region (ITS1–5.8S–ITS2) sequences revealed that the novel strains were members of section Lanata-Divaricata and were closely related to Penicillium infrabuccalum DAOMC 250537T. On the basis of morphological and physiological characterization, and phylogenetic analysis, a novel Penicillium species, Penicillium pedernalense sp. nov., is proposed. The type strain is F01-11T (=CBS 140770T=CECT 20949T), which was isolated from whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) heads waste compost in the Pedernales region (Manabí province, Ecuador)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001360