Screening for antibacterial activity in 72 species of wood-colonizing fungi by the Vibrio fisheri bioluminescence method
✍ Scribed by Maja Berden Zrimec; Alexis Zrimec; Petra Slanc; Javor Kac; Samo Kreft
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 68 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0233-111X
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Resistance of pathogenic bacteria to antibiotics leads scientists to discover new antibacterial drugs. Ninety samples of wood‐colonizing fungi were cultivated on agar plates, and their extracts tested for antibacterial activity using the Vibrio fischeri bioluminescence test. Two fungi species, Serpula lacrymans and Nectria vilior, were found to be a potential new source of thermostable antibiotics. Vibrio fischeri bioluminescence test was found to be a useful method for antibacterial activity screening from the samples of natural origin. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)