| Title |
Screening of basidiomycetes for antimicrobial activities
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, August 2000
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| DOI | 10.1023/a:1026552024021 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Inmaculada Suay, Francisco Arenal, Francisco J. Asensio, Angela Basilio, M. Angeles Cabello, M. Teresa Díez, Juan B. García, Antonio González del Val, Julián Gorrochategui, Pilar Hernández, Fernando Peláez, M. Francisca Vicente |
| Abstract |
As a part of a screening programme developed to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of basidiomycetes, 317 isolates representing 204 species collected in Spain were screened against a range of human clinical pathogens and laboratory controls. Extracts from 45% of the isolates, representing 109 species, showed antimicrobial activity. Antibacterial activity was more pronounced than antifungal activity. The proportion of extracts from basidiomycetes showing antimicrobial activity was similar to or above that obtained for representative orders of Ascomycetes, such as Pezizales and Xylariales, but lower than that produced by members of the orders Diaporthales, Eurotiales, Hypocreales, Leotiales and Sordariales. Suprageneric taxa (orders and families) did not show pronounced differences in their antimicrobial activities though such differences were observed at the genus level, suggesting that the ability to produce these bioactive compounds is not homogenously distributed amongst the basidiomycetes. Isolates from some species showed large differences in their ability to produce metabolites with antimicrobial activity, possibly reflecting genetic differences at the infraspecific level. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 3 | 2% |
| Spain | 2 | 1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Russia | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 157 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 34 | 20% |
| Researcher | 31 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 23 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 5% |
| Other | 30 | 18% |
| Unknown | 27 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 66 | 40% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 18 | 11% |
| Chemistry | 17 | 10% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 9 | 5% |
| Environmental Science | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 12 | 7% |
| Unknown | 38 | 23% |
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