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New Biologically Active Natural Products from Fungi

Objective

Investigate mycoparasites that attack Aspergillus sclerotia and other important long-lived fungal survival structures in nature, as well as antagonistic endophytic fungi that inhabit cereals and grasses, for production of novel antifungal antibiotics with activity agains Aspergillus flavus and/or Fusarium verticillioides.

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Approach: Extracts and compounds will be evaluated for other activities (e.g., anticancer or anti-HIV leads) through an arrangement with the Screening Tecynologies Branch (STB) of the NCI Developmental Therapeutics Program.

Investigators
Wicklow, Donald
Institution
USDA - Agricultural Research Service
Start date
2004
End date
2009
Funding Source
Agricultural Research Service
Project number
3620-42000-033-03R
Accession number
410656
Categories
Mycotoxins