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Article

Newly Discovered Fungal Species from Black Pepper Marketed in Brazil: Penicillium pipericola sp. nov. and Syncephalastrum brasiliense sp. nov.

by
Vinicius Sanches Rosa
1,
Adriana R. P. da Silva
1,
Paola Ferrari
2,
Daniela B. B. Trivella
2,
Mariana C. de Souza
1,
Lara Durães Sette
3,
Rafael de Felício
2,
Beatriz T. Iamanaka
1,
Marta H. Taniwaki
1 and
Josué J. Silva
1,*
1
Centro de Ciência e Qualidade de Alimentos, Instituto de Tecnologia de Alimentos, Campinas 13070-178, SP, Brazil
2
Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory (LNBio), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas 13083-100, SP, Brazil
3
Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Rio Claro 13506-900, SP, Brazil
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Microorganisms 2025, 13(12), 2691; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13122691
Submission received: 15 October 2025 / Revised: 7 November 2025 / Accepted: 14 November 2025 / Published: 25 November 2025
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fungal Diversity and Bioactive Potential: From Taxonomy to Therapeutic Applications)
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Abstract

Black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) has historically been among the most consumed spices globally. Brazil is one of the world’s largest producers and exporters, and is the largest in the Western Hemisphere. This study describes two new fungal species associated with black pepper commercialized in Brazil. The first, Penicillium pipericola sp. nov., belongs to the subgenus Penicillium, section Paradoxa, series Atramentosa. The second, Syncephalastrum brasiliense sp. nov., belongs to the order Mucorales, family Syncephalastraceae. The taxonomic classification of these species was supported by a pluralistic approach, based on multilocus phylogenetic analyses, morphological analyses, and metabolomics. Furthermore, the metabolomic analysis revealed considerable biosynthetic versatility of the new species under different cultivation conditions, producing metabolites with therapeutic and biotechnological potential. The identification of these species increases the understanding of fungal diversity in the black pepper production chain and may have important implications for the microbiological quality of the product, for the understanding of ecological interactions within the agroecosystem and for potential industrial applications.
Keywords: new species; phylogeny; spices; metabolome; mycobiota; diversity new species; phylogeny; spices; metabolome; mycobiota; diversity

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Rosa, V.S.; da Silva, A.R.P.; Ferrari, P.; Trivella, D.B.B.; de Souza, M.C.; Sette, L.D.; de Felício, R.; Iamanaka, B.T.; Taniwaki, M.H.; Silva, J.J. Newly Discovered Fungal Species from Black Pepper Marketed in Brazil: Penicillium pipericola sp. nov. and Syncephalastrum brasiliense sp. nov. Microorganisms 2025, 13, 2691. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13122691

AMA Style

Rosa VS, da Silva ARP, Ferrari P, Trivella DBB, de Souza MC, Sette LD, de Felício R, Iamanaka BT, Taniwaki MH, Silva JJ. Newly Discovered Fungal Species from Black Pepper Marketed in Brazil: Penicillium pipericola sp. nov. and Syncephalastrum brasiliense sp. nov. Microorganisms. 2025; 13(12):2691. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13122691

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Rosa, Vinicius Sanches, Adriana R. P. da Silva, Paola Ferrari, Daniela B. B. Trivella, Mariana C. de Souza, Lara Durães Sette, Rafael de Felício, Beatriz T. Iamanaka, Marta H. Taniwaki, and Josué J. Silva. 2025. "Newly Discovered Fungal Species from Black Pepper Marketed in Brazil: Penicillium pipericola sp. nov. and Syncephalastrum brasiliense sp. nov." Microorganisms 13, no. 12: 2691. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13122691

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Rosa, V. S., da Silva, A. R. P., Ferrari, P., Trivella, D. B. B., de Souza, M. C., Sette, L. D., de Felício, R., Iamanaka, B. T., Taniwaki, M. H., & Silva, J. J. (2025). Newly Discovered Fungal Species from Black Pepper Marketed in Brazil: Penicillium pipericola sp. nov. and Syncephalastrum brasiliense sp. nov. Microorganisms, 13(12), 2691. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13122691

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