Isolation of a novel microorganism, Pest
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Moon-Jong Noh; Jae-Gwon Yang; Kyung-Soo Kim; Young-Mean Yoon; Kyoung-Ae Kang; He
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Pestalotia heterocornis was isolated from soil collected in yew forest and was shown to produce paclitaxel in semisynthetic liquid media. The presence of paclitaxel in the fungal extract was confirmed by FAB mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy. The maximum yield of paclitaxel was 31 ยตg per liter.