Antimicrobial activities of selected Cyathus species.
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.
Liu
Ya-Jun
YJ
Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resource, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, PR China, 650091. liuyaj@hotmail.com
Zhang
Ke-Qin
KQ
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned