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Fusarium acuminatum NRRL 6227 produces an antifungal metabolite that causes incubating conidia of several Penicillium species to swell 5–10 diameters while inhibiting germination. The swollen conidia are spherical, translucent, nonviable and easily shattered with a slight physical pressure; however, they remain resistant to osmotic shock. This antibiotic has been identified as a cyclic peptide composed of alanine, glutamic acid, leucine, threonine and tyrosine.
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Burmeister, H.R., Vesonder, R.F. & Hesseltine, C.W. Swelling of penicillium digitatum conidia by a fusarium acuminatum NRRL 6227 metabolite. Mycopathologia 62, 53–56 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00491996
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