title: Certain peculiarities of biological action of the stachybotryotoxin preparations.
abstract: Some biological and toxigenic properties of 47 Stachybotrys alternans strains, isolated from different ecological niches have been studied. On the basis of antifungal, phytotoxic and dermacidic properties the strains studied can be divided into several characteristic groups: strains with clearly expressed dermacidic reaction and without other properties studied (19.1%); strains displayed only antifungal activity to a number of yeast test cultures (4.3%); strains with complex action (antifungal, phytotoxic and dermacidic activity) (46.8%). Considerable portion of strains (25.5%) did not show any biocidal activity tested. No clear dependence of strain activity on the term of storage under laboratory conditions (from 5 to 40 years) has been revealed.
authors.affiliation: Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Andriienko
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Zaĭchenko
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002708:Chlorella / Q000187:drug effects; D011817:Rabbits; D012867:Skin / Q000187:drug effects; D013045:Species Specificity; D013191:Stachybotrys / Q000254:growth & development / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014255:Trichothecenes / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D014255:Trichothecenes