Pigmented variants of Tolypocladium inflatum in relation to cyclosporin A production.

doi:10.1007/BF00176660

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Pigmented variants of Tolypocladium inflatum in relation to cyclosporin A production.

Applied microbiology and biotechnology - 1 Jul 1990

Aarnio T H, Agathos S N

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We have isolated four distinct colony types of the fungus Tolypocladium inflatum, the producer of the immunosuppressive agent cyclosporin A: morphologically normal white, red, and orange colonies and morphologically diverse tiny brown colonies. In liquid cultures, white normal and brown colonies...

Topics

Cyclosporins
Fungal Proteins
Genetic Variation
Mitosporic Fungi
Pigmentation

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