In vitro activity of the killer toxin from yeast hansenula mrakii against yeasts and molds

The Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 398-403

  Yamamoto, Tetsuro ^a   Uchida, Katsuhisa ^a   Hiratani, Tamio ^a   Miyazaki, Takayuki ^b   Yagiu, Junji ^b   Yamaguchi, Hideyo ^c  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TAKARA SHUZO CO LTD   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STABILITY; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

CANDIDA; FUNGI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOTOXINS; PICHIA; SACCHAROMYCETALES; YEASTS;

EID: 0023946522     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: 18811469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.41.398     Document Type: Article

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