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Anti-tremellomycetes activity of Cryptococcus pinus mycocin

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The mycocin with a molecular mass of at least 15 kDa secreted by Cryptococcus pinus exhibited fungicidal activity at pH values below 6.5. It was thermolabile and resistant to proteases. In the class Tremellomycetes the species of the orders Filobasidiales and Tremellales are sensitive to this mycocin.

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  1. All-Russian Collection of Microorganisms, Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Nauki 5, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290, Russia

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Original Russian Text © W.I. Golubev, 2009, published in Mikrobiologiya, 2009, Vol. 78, No. 3, pp. 355–361.

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Golubev, W.I. Anti-tremellomycetes activity of Cryptococcus pinus mycocin. Microbiology 78, 315–320 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261709030096

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