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The study of the secondary metabolites of the relict strain Penicillium citrinum VKM FW-800 isolated from ancient Arctic permafrost sediments showed that this fungus produces agroclavine-1 and epoxyagroclavine-1, which are rare ergot alkaloids with the 5R,10S configuration of the tetracyclic ergoline ring system. The production of the alkaloids by the fungus showed a biphasic behavior, being intense in the phase of active growth and slowing down in the adaptive lag phase and in the stationary growth phase. The addition of zinc ions to the incubation medium led to a fivefold increase in the yield of the alkaloids. The alkaloid-producing Penicillium fungi isolated from different regions exhibited the same tendencies of growth and alkaloid production.
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Kozlovskii, A.G., Zhelifonova, V.P., Adanin, V.M. et al. The Fungus Penicillium citrinum Thom 1910 VKM FW-800 Isolated from Ancient Permafrost Sediments As a Producer of the Ergot Alkaloids Agroclavine-1 and Epoxyagroclavine-1. Microbiology 72, 723–727 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:MICI.0000008375.19733.89
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