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Production of Antibiotics by Geophilic Dermatophytes
Author(s) -
Gip Lennart,
Pälsson Göran
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1970.tb01303.x
Subject(s) - antibiotics , staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus , trichophyton , microsporum gypseum , biology , bacteria , antifungal , genetics
Summary The geophilic dermatophytes Trichophyton terrestre, Keratinomyces ajelloi, Microsporon cookei and Microsporon gypseum were tested for antibacterial capacity against Staphylococcus aureus and some gram negative rods. M. cookei showed a marked, M. gypseum and J. terrestre a slight inhibitory effect on all tested strains of Staphylococcus aureus. This is, as far as the authors are aware, the first report on antibacterial properties of M. cookei.