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Janthinobacterium agaricidamnosum

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Janthinobacterium agaricidamnosum
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J. agaricidamnosum
Binomial name
Janthinobacterium agaricidamnosum
Lincoln et al. 1999[1]
Type strain
CCUG 43140, CIP 106332, DSM 9628, DSMZ 3945, IAM 14973, ICMP 16941, JCM 21444, NBRC 102515, NCPPB 3945, W1r3, W1R3[2]

Janthinobacterium agaricidamnosum is an bacterium of the Oxalobacteraceae family and the genus of Janthinobacterium that causes a soft rot disease of Agaricus bisporus.[3] Because of this ability it could help treating disease which a caused by fungi in human.[4] Analyses have shown that Jagaricin, a substance which its produced by J. agaricidamnosum, could have a mayor part for is antimycotic activity.[5]

Etymology

J. agaricidamnosum comes from the latin word agaricum which means fungus and the latin verb damnous which means destruction (damnosusum = destructive). Agaricidamnosum = damaging mushroom.[6]

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