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Appreciation: Fungus produces active agent in a medicinal herb

Discussion in 'Fungi, Lichens and Slime Molds' started by Junglekeeper, Dec 3, 2019.

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Fungus produces active agent in a medicinal herb

The researchers were successful in isolating the fungus, Cyanodermella asteris, and in cultivating it independently of the host plant. They have therefore laid the foundations for large-scale biotechnological production of astins.
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...which the fungus could not produce when cultivated individually," Linda Jahn reports. "We assume that the fungus and the plant work together to their mutual advantage in symbiosis, and that the plant gives a signal for the production of astin A or processes the astin from the fungus itself."
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Very cool!

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