Byssochlamys nivea as a source of mycophenolic acid

Olivier Puel; Souria Tadrist; Pierre Galtier; Isabelle P Oswald; Marcel Delaforge

doi:10.1128/AEM.71.1.550-553.2005

Byssochlamys nivea as a source of mycophenolic acid

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2005 Jan;71(1):550-3. doi: 10.1128/AEM.71.1.550-553.2005.

Authors

Olivier Puel¹, Souria Tadrist, Pierre Galtier, Isabelle P Oswald, Marcel Delaforge

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire de Pharmacologie-Toxicologie, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 180 chemin de Tournefeuille, 31931 Toulouse Cedex 9, France. opuel@toulouse.inra.fr

Abstract

Byssochlamys species are responsible for spoilage and degradation of fruits and silages and can also produce the mycotoxin patulin. We analyzed secondary metabolite production by Byssochlamys nivea. Mycophenolic acid and its precursors, 5-methylorsellinic acid and 5,7-dihydroxy-4-methylphthalide, were identified in all of the B. nivea strains that we examined.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Ascomycota / genetics
Ascomycota / metabolism*
Food Contamination
Fruit / microbiology
Molecular Sequence Data
Mycophenolic Acid / biosynthesis*
Patulin / metabolism
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Silage / microbiology

Substances

Patulin
Mycophenolic Acid

Associated data

GENBANK/AF486189
OMIM/UNKNOWN