The potential of an Aspergillus fumigatus Brazilian strain to produce antimicrobial secondary metabolites

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 357-362

  Cardoso Furtado, Niege Araçari Jacometti ^a,b   Vieira Fonseca, Maria José ^a   Bastos, Jairo Kenupp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DE FRANCA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Aspergillus fumigatus; Bioautography; Fermentation conditions

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI; KOCURIA RHIZOPHILA;

EID: 33646015084     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Atlas, R.M. Handbook of microbiological media. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1995, p.280.
2. Cui, C.B.; Kakeya, H.; Osada, H. Novel mammalian cell cycle inhibitors, cyclotryprostatins A-D, produced by Aspergillus fumigatus, which inhibit mammalian cell cycle at G2/M phase. Tetrahedron, 53, 59-72, 1997.
3. Czarnik, A.W. Guest editorial. Acc. Chem. Res., 29, 112-113, 1996.
4. Debeaupuis, J.P.; Sarfati, J.; Chazalet, V.; Latgé, J.P. Genetic diversity among clinical and environmental isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus. Infect. Immun., 65, 3080-3085, 1997.
5. Demain, A.L. Pharmaceutically active secondary metabolites of microorganisms. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 52, 455-463, 1999.
6. Ellaiah, P.; Srinivasulu, B.; Adinarayana, K. Optimisation studies on neomycin production by a mutant strain of Streptomyces marinensis in solid state fermentation. Process Biochem., 39, 529-534, 2004.
7. Finkelstein, D.B.; Ball, C. Biotechnology of Filamentous Fungi: technology and products. Butterworth-Heinemann, Washington, 1992, 520p.
8. Furtado, N.A.J.C.; Said, S.; Ito, I.Y.; Bastos, J.K. The antimicrobial activity of Aspergillus fumigatus is enhanced by a pool of bacteria. Microbiol. Res., 157, 207-211, 2002.
9. Hamburger, M.O.; Cordell, G.A. A direct bioautographic TLC assay for compounds possessing antibacterial activity. J. Nat. Prod., 50, 19-22, 1987.
10. Jackson, M.; Karwoswsky, J.P.; Humphrey, P.E.; Kohl, W.L.; Barlow, G.J.; Tanaka, S.K. Calbistrins, novel antifungal agents produced by Penicillium restrictum. J. Antibiot., 46, 34-38, 1993.
11. Knight, V.; Sanglier, J.J.; DiTullio, D.; Braccili, S.; Bonner, P.; Waters, J.; Hughes, D.; Zhang. L. Diversifying microbial natural products for drug discovery. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 62, 446-458, 2003.
12. Latgé, J.P. The pathobiology of Aspergillus fumigatus. Trends Microbiol., 9, 382-389, 2001.
13. Newman, D.J.; Gragg, G.M.; Snader, K.M. Natural products as sources of new drugs over the period 1981-2002. J. Nat. Prod., 66, 1022-1037, 2003.
14. Pfefferle, C.; Theobald, U.; Gürtler, H.; Fiedler, H.P. Improved secondary metabolite production in the genus Streptosporangium by optimization of the fermentation conditions. J. Biotechnol., 80, 135-142, 2000.
15. Sanchez, S.; Demain, A.L. Metabolic regulation of fermentation processes. Enzyme Microb. Technol., 31, 895-906, 2002.
16. Schmid, I.; Sattler, I.; Grabley, S.; Thiericke, R. Natural products in high throughput screening: automated high-quality sample preparation. J. Biomol. Screen., 4, 15-25, 1999.
17. Son, K.H.; Kim, Y.K.; Lee, H.W.; Lee, W.S.; Kim, S.U.; Jeong, T.S.; Kwon, B.M.; Bok, S.H. Amplification of farnesyl protein transferase inhibitory activity from Aspergillus fumigatus F93 by Plackett-Burman design. Biotechnol. Lett., 18, 1297-1300, 1996.
18. Symoens, F.; Bertout, S.; Piens, M.A.; Burnod, J.; Renaud, F.; Nolard, N.; Chapuis, F.; Grillot, R.; EBGA Network A longitudinal study of lung transplant recipients infected with Aspergillus: genetic polymorphism of A. fumigatus. J. Heart Lung Transplant., 20, 970-978, 2000.
19. Tormo, J.R.; García, J.B.; DeAntonio, M.; Feliz, J.; Mira, A.; Díez, M.T.; Hernández, P.; Peláez, F. A method for the selection of production media for actinomycete strains based on their metabolite HPLC profiles. J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 30, 582-588, 2003.
20. Varga, J.; Tóth, B. Genetic variability and reproductive mode of Aspergillus fumigatus. Infect. Genet. Evol., 3, 3-17, 2003.
21. Vogel, H.J. A convenient medium for Neurospora (medium N). Microb. Gen. Bull., 13, 42, 1956.