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The Antibiotic Complex of the Verrucarins and Roridins

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Fortschritte der Chemie Organischer Naturstoffe / Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products

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The verrucarins and roridins are secondary metabolites of the soil fungi Myrothecium verrucaria (Albertini et Schweinitz) Ditmar ex Fries and Myrothecium roridum Tode ex Fries. The species Myrothecium belongs to the fungi imperfecti, order of Moniliales, family Tuberculariaceae (30, 17, 32). The distinction between these and other closely related fungal species is difficult. It has been studied and discussed by various authors (82, 16, 55, 75, 62, 43).

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Tamm, C. (1974). The Antibiotic Complex of the Verrucarins and Roridins. In: Herz, W., Grisebach, H., Kirby, G.W. (eds) Fortschritte der Chemie Organischer Naturstoffe / Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products. Fortschritte der Chemie Organischer Naturstoffe / Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products, vol 31. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-7094-6_2

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