Open AccessEffect of a mushroom toxin, orellanine, on the cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum and the bacterium Escherichia coli
Author(s) -
Klein Gérard,
Richard JeanMichel,
Satre Michel
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1986.tb01204.x
Subject(s) - dictyostelium discoideum , slime mold , escherichia coli , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , pinocytosis , biology , mycetozoa , dictyostelium , phagocytosis , myxococcus xanthus , toxin , biochemistry , endocytosis , cell , genetics , gene , mutant
Orellanine, the toxic principle of Cortinarius orellanus efficiently inhibited the growth of the amoebae Dictyostelium discoideum . No significant effect on phagocytosis or pinocytosis was observed. The growth of the bacterium Escherichia coli was inhibited with a sensitivity similar to that of D. discoideum .