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Answer for the clue "Used in making cheese and as a source of penicillin ", 11 letters:
penicillium

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n. Any of the blue-green fungus, of the genus ''Penicillium'', that are used in the manufacture of cheeses, and are an important source of antibiotics.

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Penicillium is a genus of ascomycetous fungi of major importance in the natural environment as well as food and drug production. Some members of the genus produce penicillin , a molecule that is used as an antibiotic , which kills or stops the growth of ...

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In the rocks and tree stumps there, he had tried to grow penicillium molds on the sweet juices of some of the berries that abounded in the region.