Production of heptaene antifungal antibiotic by Streptomyces purpeofuscus CM 1261

Praveen Kumar Jain, P C Jain
2005 Indian journal of experimental biology  
A strain of Streptomyces purpeofuscus CM 1261 isolated from a sample of compost collected locally was found to possess strong antagonistic activity against 4 human pathogenic fungi i.e., Candida albicans, Aspergillus niger, Microsporum gypseum and Trichophyton sp. The active antifungal compound produced by it was found to be a heptaene group of polyene antifungal antibiotic.
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