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  3. AB023, novel polyene antibiotics. I. Taxonomy of the producing organism, fermentation and antifungal activity

AB023, novel polyene antibiotics. I. Taxonomy of the producing organism, fermentation and antifungal activity

  • J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1993 Feb;46(2):251-4. doi: 10.7164/antibiotics.46.251.
D Cidaria 1,  G Borgonovi,  G Pirali
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  • 1 Istituto Guido Donegani, ENICHEM, Novara, Italy.
PMID: 8468239 DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.46.251
Abstract

AB023 is a complex of polyene Antibiotics produced by an actinomycete, SD581, which was isolated from a Kenyan soil sample. The two main components, pentaene Antibiotics AB023a and AB023b, have Antifungal activity against some phytopathogenic fungi, particularly against Botrytis cinerea (MIC of 5 micrograms/ml).

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