FUSACANDINS A AND B - NOVEL ANTIFUNGAL ANTIBIOTICS OF THE PAPULACANDIN CLASS FROM FUSARIUM-SAMBUCINUM .1. IDENTITY OF THE PRODUCING ORGANISM, FERMENTATION AND BIOLOGICAL-ACTIVITY

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JACKSON, M [1 ]
FROST, DJ [1 ]
KARWOWSKI, JP [1 ]
HUMPHREY, PE [1 ]
DAHOD, SK [1 ]
CHOI, WS [1 ]
BRANDT, K [1 ]
MALMBERG, LH [1 ]
RASMUSSEN, RR [1 ]
SCHERR, MH [1 ]
FLAMM, RK [1 ]
KADAM, S [1 ]
MCALPINE, JB [1 ]
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[1] ABBOTT LABS,DIV CHEM & AGR PROD,N CHICAGO,IL 60064
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10.7164/antibiotics.48.608
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The fusacandins, antifungal agents of the papulacandin class, are produced by a strain of Fusarium sambucinum. Fermentation yielded 60 mg/liter of fusacandin A and minor amounts of fusacandin B. As expected, the fusacandins inhibit (1,3)-beta-glucan synthesis. Fusacandin A is slightly less active than papulacandin B against Candida albicans and, like papulacandin, loses activity in the presence of serum.
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