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Twenty-two naphthoquinone compounds isolated or derived synthetically from culture extracts ofFusarium solani andF. oxysporum were examined for antimicrobial activity. Fifteen exhibited antibiotic activity againstStaphylococcus aureus, and 12 were active againstStreptococcus pyogenes, but none were active at the highest rate of 128 μg/ml againstEscherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Salmonella typhi, Proteus vulgaris, Serratia marcescens, orPseudomonas aeruginosa. Of 8 plant pathogenic bacteria tested against 11 naphthoquinones,Corynebacterium poinsettiae was inhibited by 6 compounds, andPseudomonas viridiflava was weakly inhibited by one. Only one of a group of 6 fluorescent soil pseudomonads was inhibited by one naphthoquinone. Antifungal activity of 10 compounds against 8 fungal plant pathogens was limited to inhibition ofPhytophthora parasitica by one naphthopyran.
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Baker, R.A., Tatum, J.H. & Nemec, S. Antimicrobial activity of naphthoquinones from Fusaria. Mycopathologia 111, 9–15 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02277294
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