Aspergillus mulundensis sp. nov., a new species for the fungus producing the antifungal echinocandin lipopeptides, mulundocandins

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 141-148

  Bills, Gerald F ^a   Yue, Qun ^a   Chen, Li ^a   Li, Yan ^a   An, Zhiqiang ^a   Frisvad, Jens C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHINOCANDIN; MULUNDOCANDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL DNA; LIPOPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANTES; ASPERGILLUS SYDOWII; ASPERGILLUS SYDOWII VAR MULUNDENSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; GENE CLUSTER; METABOLOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY METABOLISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ASPERGILLUS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS; DNA, FUNGAL; ECHINOCANDINS; LIPOPEPTIDES; METABOLOME; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84977597131     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: 18811469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ja.2015.105     Document Type: Article

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