Recent market surveys have demonstrated that consumers prefer foodstuffs that can be
labeled natural. The term “natural” often has positive connotations, while terms employing …

Evidence now being obtained through nucleotide (nt) sequence analysis supports the
concept that secondary metabolism has arisen by modification of existing primary metabolic …

Laccase (p-diphenolrOi oxidoreductase, EC 1.10. 3.2) was the first enzyme used to
polymerize a synthetic lignin (DHP) in vitro. Based on that work, laccase was proposed to …

We are concerned with physiological adaptations in a relatively small group of closely
related fungi in the family Clavicipitaceae. These organisms are broadly distinguished as …

The enormous chemical diversity and the broad range of biological activities of secondary
metabolites raise many questions about their role in nature and the specific traits leading to …

Microbial secondary metabolites are the low molecular mass products of secondary
metabolism. They include antibiotics, pigments, toxins, effectors of ecological competition …

The life-cycle of many plant-pathogenic fungi, especially those infecting aerial plant organs,
contains several specific developmental stages. If these are sufficiently distinct in their …

The nucleotide sequence of a 5.1 kb fragment from the streptomycin biosynthetic gene
cluster from Streptomyces griseus revealed the presence of five open reading frames which …

Basidiomycetes, a major class of higher fungi adapted to many different climates, habitats,
and substrates, have developed a rich and very diverse secondary metabolism. Its products …

A pathotype of Drechslera avenae (Eidam) Scharif exhibited host‐specificity, being
pathogenic to Avena sterilis L but not to a number of related or unrelated species tested. In …