Does Penicillium roqueforti produce penicyllin?

Question

I have recently discovered that blue cheese is produced with _Penicillium roqueforti_. As I know that some _Penicillinum sp._ produce penicyllin I wonder whether it is produced by _P. roqueforti_ too? [The Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillium_roqueforti) does not mention penicillin, it mentions _"compounds that can be employed as antibiotics"_ instead. However [the article on _P. glaucum_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillium_glaucum) also do not mention penicillin, while _P. glaucum_ is mentioned in [the article on the history of penicillin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_penicillin).

Answer 1

Pencillium roquefortii is used to make blue cheese; likewise, Pencillium camembertii and P. glaucum are used to make Camembert cheese and gorgonzola respectively.

But these Pencllium species do not produce Penicillin. They produce anti bacterial metabolites and some human toxins and allergens. Hence eating this cheese is not going to give a medical effect.

The antibiotic Pencillin is produced by Pencillium chrysogenum to which culture phenylacetic acid is added to make the pencillin stomach acid resistant.