Swelling of Penicillium digitatum conidia by a Fusarium acuminatum NRRL 6227 metabolite.
Fusarium acuminatum NRRL 6227 produces an antifungal metabolite that causes incubating conidia of several Penicillium species to swell 5-10 diameters while inhibiting germination. The swollen conidia are spherical, translucent, nonviable and easily shattered with a slight physical pressure; however, they remain resistant to osmotic shock. This antibiotic has been identified as a cyclic peptide composed of alanine, glutamic acid, leucine, threonine and tyrosine.
D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005670:Fusarium; D010407:Penicillium / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D010455:Peptides / Q000032:analysis; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D010455:Peptides