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Investigating pleuromutilin-producing<i>Clitopilus</i>species and related basidiomycetes
21 May 2009
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Pleuromutilin is a broad-spectrum antibiotic that has been used in veterinary medicine for over 20 years, but is now gaining interest as a human therapeutic. The compound is a fungal secondary metabolite, but there is some degree of confusion within the literature concerning which species may produce pleuromutilin, with several differently named fungi reported to make the compound. Here, we describe a taxonomic...
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