Ascochyta viciae

Ascochyta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Subclass: Dothideomycetidae
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Didymellaceae
Genus: Ascochyta
Species: A. viciae
Binomial name
Ascochyta viciae
Lib.

Ascochyta viciae is an ascomycote fungus species in the genus Ascochyta.

Ascofuranone is an antibiotic produced by A. viciae.[1]

References

  1. Yabu Y, Yoshida A, Suzuki T, Nihei C, Kawai K, Minagawa N, Hosokawa T, Nagai K, Kita K, Ohta N (2003). "The efficacy of ascofuranone in a consecutive treatment on Trypanosoma brucei brucei in mice". Parasitol. Int. 52 (2): 155–64. doi:10.1016/S1383-5769(03)00012-6. PMID 12798927.
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