Penicillium canescens isolate:Ophiocordyceps gracilis voucher OG201301 | breed:fungus | cultivar:Potato Dextrose Agar Genome sequencing and assembly. Penicillium canescens isolate:Ophiocordyceps gracilis voucher OG201301 | breed:fungus | cultivar:Potato Dextrose Agar

The Penicillium canescens, belonging to Aspergillaceae (Eurotiales), is a natural soil and marine isolated fungus. P. canescens is widely distributed all over the world.It is famous as a producer of several bioactive secondary metabolites, including the antifungal compounds griseofulvin, curvulinic acid, canescin, and several tetrapeptides.In addition, this strain exhibits broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity against gram-positive and gram-negative pathogens as well as significant antioxidative and DNA protective capacities.