Separation of a tungus producing taxol.
An endogenous filariform fungus has been separated from a tree named Taxus growing in the Aba region, Sichuan, China. The fungus is fermented in fluid medium for 3 weeks at 25 degrees C, then the HPLC and MALDI-TOF analysis of the zymotic fluid show that the zymotic fluid contains taxol. So it is a fungus which can produce taxol. It is named Taxomyces sp. temporarily.
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Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. cascib@ mail.sc.cninfo.net
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