title: Mycocin production in Pseudozyma tsukubaensis.
abstract: Killer activity expressed at pH values ranging from 3.5 to 6.0 was found in the ustilaginaceous yeast-like species, Pseudozyma tsukubaensis. Its killer phenotype was incurable, and extrachromosomal genetic elements were not detected. The toxin excreted with a molecular mass above 15 kDa is fungicidal, resistant to proteolytic cleavage, thermolabile and active only against fungi within the Ustilaginomycetes (the orders Microstromatales and Ustilaginales).
authors.affiliation: Russia Collection of Microorganisms (VKM), Institute for Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, 142290, Russia. wig@ibpm.pushchino.ru
authors.forename: Wladyslav I
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Golubev
authors.forename: Ilona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
authors.forename: Ellen W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Golubeva
mesh_terms: D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D014587:Ustilaginales / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009183:Mycotoxins