Ascochyta viciae

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

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

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]

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References

  1. Sasaki H, Okutomi T, Hosokawa T, Nawata Y, Ando K (1972). "Ascofuranone, a new antibiotic from Ascochyta viciae". Tetrahedron Letters. 13 (25): 2541โ€“2544. doi:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)84869-3.
  2. Sasaki H, Hosokawa T, Sawada M, Ando K (1973). "Isolation and structure of ascofuranone and ascofranol, antibiotics with hypolipidemic activity". J. Antibiot. 26 (11): 676โ€“680. doi:10.7164/antibiotics.26.676. PMID 4792115.
  3. Hijikawa Y, Matsuzaki M, Suzuki S, Inaoka DK, Tatsumi R, Kido Y, Kita K (2016). "Re-identification of the ascofuranone-producing fungus Ascochyta viciae as Acremonium sclerotigenum". J. Antibiot. 70 (3): 304โ€“307. doi:10.1038/ja.2016.132. PMID 27804952.


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