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An antibiotic complex from Lysobacter enzymogenes strain C3: antimicrobial activity and role in plant disease control.
Phytopathology - 1 Jun 2008
Li S, Jochum C C, Yu F, Zaleta-Rivera K, Du L, Harris S D, Yuen G Y
Abstract excerpt
Lysobacter enzymogenes C3 is a bacterial biological control agent that exhibits antagonism against multiple fungal pathogens. Its antifungal activity was attributed in part to lytic enzymes. In this study, a heat-stable antifungal factor (HSAF), an antibiotic complex consisting of dihydromaltophilin and structurally related macrocyclic lactams, was found to be responsible for antagonism by C3 against fungi and...
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