Antimicrobial activities of selected Cyathus species

Mycopathologia. 2004 Feb;157(2):185-9. doi: 10.1023/b:myco.0000020598.91469.d1.

Abstract

Twelve selected Cyathus species were tested for their abilities to produce antimicrobial metabolites. Most of them were found to produce secondary exo-metabolites that could induce morphological abnormalities of rice pathogenic fungi Pyricularia oryzae. Some extracts from the cultivated liquid obviously inhibited human pathogenic fungi Aspergillus fumigatus, Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans. Activities against six human pathogenic bacteria were also obtained from some of these extracts.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / metabolism
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Antifungal Agents / metabolism
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology*
  • Ascomycota / drug effects
  • Bacteria / drug effects*
  • Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Basidiomycota / classification
  • Basidiomycota / growth & development
  • Basidiomycota / metabolism*
  • Chromatography, Thin Layer
  • Culture Media, Conditioned / chemistry
  • Culture Media, Conditioned / pharmacology
  • Fungi / drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mycoses / microbiology
  • Oryza / microbiology
  • Plant Diseases / microbiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antifungal Agents
  • Culture Media, Conditioned