Biology:Ascochyta viciae

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Short description: Species of fungus

Ascochyta viciae
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Didymellaceae
Genus: Ascochyta
Species:
A. viciae
Binomial name
Ascochyta viciae
Lib.

Ascochyta viciae is an ascomycete fungus species in the genus Ascochyta.

Ascofuranone is an antibiotic first isolated from a strain of A. viciae in 1972;[1][2] however, the identification of the strain is later revised as Acremonium sclerotigenum, and A. viciae cannot produce this antibiotic.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Ascofuranone, a new antibiotic from Ascochyta viciae". Tetrahedron Letters 13 (25): 2541–2544. 1972. doi:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)84869-3. 
  2. "Isolation and structure of ascofuranone and ascofranol, antibiotics with hypolipidemic activity". J. Antibiot. 26 (11): 676–680. 1973. doi:10.7164/antibiotics.26.676. PMID 4792115. 
  3. "Re-identification of the ascofuranone-producing fungus Ascochyta viciae as Acremonium sclerotigenum". J. Antibiot. 70 (3): 304–307. 2016. doi:10.1038/ja.2016.132. PMID 27804952. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4803971 entry