BE-29602, a New Member of the Papulacandin Family.

Abstract

In the course of our screening program for new antifungal antibiotics, a fungal strain F29602 was found to produce a new antifungal antibiotic, BE-29602 (1), which belonged to the family of Papulacandin. This strain, F29602, was isolated from a soil sample collected in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Based on the cultural and morphological characteristics, strain F29602 was identified as belonging to the genus Fusarium. The strain F29602 was deposited at the National Institute of Bioscience and Human-Technology, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Japan (No. FERM P-12503).