Cladosporium cladosporioides

Cladosporium cladosporioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Subclass: Dothideomycetidae
Order: Capnodiales
Family: Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus: Cladosporium
Species: C. cladosporioides
Binomial name
Cladosporium cladosporioides
(Fresen.) G.A. de Vries, (1952)
Synonyms

Hormodendrum cladosporioides (Fresen.) Sacc., (1880)
Monilia humicola Oudem., (1902)
Penicillium cladosporioides Fresen., (1850)

Cladosporium cladosporioides is a fungal plant pathogen that affects wheat.[1] It is the source of the series of chemical compounds known as calphostins.[2][3]

Falcarindiol (cis-heptadeca-1,9-diene-4,6-diyne-3,8-diol) is a polyacetylene found in carrot roots. This compound shows antifungal activity towards C. cladosporioides.[4]

References

  1. Jacyno JM, Harwood JS, Lee MK (1993) "Isocladosporin, a biologically active isomer of cladosporin from Cladosporium cladosporioides." J Nat Prod 56(8):1397–1401. doi:10.1021/np50098a023
  2. Kobayashi, E; Ando, K; Nakano, H; Iida, T; Ohno, H; Morimoto, M; Tamaoki, T (1989). "Calphostins (UCN-1028), novel and specific inhibitors of protein kinase C. I. Fermentation, isolation, physico-chemical properties and biological activities". J. Antibiot 42 (10): 1470–1474. PMID 2478514.
  3. Iida, T; Kobayashi, E; Yoshida, M; Sano, H (1989). "Calphostins, novel and specific inhibitors of protein kinase C. II. Chemical structures". J. Antibiot 42 (10): 1475–1481. PMID 2478515.
  4. Cis-heptadeca-1,9-diene-4,6-diyne-3,8-diol, an antifungal polyacetylene from carrot root tissue. B. Garrod and B.G. Lewis, Physiological Plant Pathology, Volume 13, Issue 2, September 1978, Pages 241–246, doi:10.1016/0048-4059(78)90039-5

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