title: Antimicrobial activities of selected Cyathus species.
abstract: Twelve selected Cyathus species were tested for their abilities to produce antimicrobial metabolites. Most of them were found to produce secondary exo-metabolites that could induce morphological abnormalities of rice pathogenic fungi Pyricularia oryzae. Some extracts from the cultivated liquid obviously inhibited human pathogenic fungi Aspergillus fumigatus, Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans. Activities against six human pathogenic bacteria were also obtained from some of these extracts.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resource, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, PR China, 650091. liuyaj@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ya-Jun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ke-Qin
authors.initials: KQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000187:drug effects; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D005658:Fungi / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology; D012275:Oryza / Q000382:microbiology; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned