A New Cytotoxic Sesquiterpene Quinone Produced by Penicillium sp. F00120 Isolated from a Deep Sea Sediment Sample

A new fungal strain, displaying strong toxic activity against brine shrimp larvae, was isolated from a deep sea sediment sample collected at a depth of 1300 m. The strain, designated as F00120, was identified as a member of the genus Penicillium on the basis of morphology and ITS sequence analysis....

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Main Authors: Zhe Ren, Yonghong Liu, Xianwen Yang, Juan Liu, Bin Yang, Xuefeng Zhou, Kaisheng Liu, Fazuo Wang, Xiuping Lin, Yan Peng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-01-01
Series:Marine Drugs
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/10/1/106/