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Screening for antibacterial activity in 72 species of wood‐colonizing fungi by the Vibrio fisheri bioluminescence method
Author(s) -
Zrimec Maja Berden,
Zrimec Alexis,
Slanc Petra,
Kac Javor,
Kreft Samo
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of basic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.58
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1521-4028
pISSN - 0233-111X
DOI - 10.1002/jobm.200410416
Subject(s) - bioluminescence , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , vibrio , antibacterial activity , agar , bacteria , antibiotics , agar plate , botany , ecology , genetics
Abstract Resistance of pathogenic bacteria to antibiotics leads scientists to discover new antibacterial drugs. Ninety samples of wood‐colonizing fungi were cultivated on agar plates, and their extracts tested for antibacterial activity using the Vibrio fischeri bioluminescence test. Two fungi species, Serpula lacrymans and Nectria vilior , were found to be a potential new source of thermostable antibiotics. Vibrio fischeri bioluminescence test was found to be a useful method for antibacterial activity screening from the samples of natural origin. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)