A microbiological assay for host-specific fungal polyketide toxins

Authors

L. M. Ciufetti, Oregon State University
O. C. Yoder, Cornell University
B. G. Turgeon, Cornell University

Abstract

Genetic analysis of biosynthetic pathways for fungal secondary metabolites depends on availability of efficient and dependable assays for the end products. Some fungal plant pathogens produce secondary metabolites called host-specific toxins. Until recently, all bioassays for these toxins required use of whole plants or plant parts (Yoder 1981 In: Toxins in Plant Disease, Durbin ed., pp. 45-78). Since host-specific toxins, by definition, affect only plants that are susceptible to the toxin-producing fungus, other plants, animals and microorganisms are not sensitive and therefore cannot be used in bioassays.

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Ciufetti, L. M., O.C. Yoder, and B.G. Turgeon (1992) "A microbiological assay for host-specific fungal polyketide toxins," Fungal Genetics Reports: Vol. 39, Article 6. https://doi.org/10.4148/1941-4765.1432