Penicillium chrysogenum     

Creator of Penicillin "The Wonder Drug"                     *Contact		                          Tom Volk - Mycology - University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
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References

Bankston, J. 2002. Alexander Fleming and the Story of Penicillin.  Mitchell Lane Publishers.  Bear, Delaware, USA.

Doctor Fungus 2007. <URL: http://www.doctorfungus.org/thefungi/Penicillium.htm>. Accessed 15 March 2008.

Hughes, W.H. 1976. Pioneers of Science and Discovery: Alexander Fleming and Penicillin. Crane, Russak and Company, INC.  New York, New York, USA.

Kaye, J. 1993. Pioneers in Health and Medicine: The Life of Alexander Fleming.  Henry Holt and Company.  New York, New York, USA.  

Tames, R. 1990. Lifetimes: Alexander Fleming. Franklin Watts Inc.  New York, New York, USA.

The Tree of Life Web Project 2004. <URL: http://www.tolweb.org/Ascomycota>. Accessed 30 March 2008. 

Tocci, S. 2002. Alexander Fleming: The Man Who Discovered Penicillin. Enslow Publishers, Inc.  Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, USA.

Tom Volk’s Fungus of the Month for November 2003. <URL: http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/nov2003.html>.  Accessed 11 March 2008.