Phylum Proteobacteria Rank Species | ||
Similar Janthinobacterium, Janthinobacterium lividum, Oxalobacteraceae, Ewingella americana, Pseudomonas tolaasii | ||
Janthinobacterium agaricidamnosum is an bacterium of the family Oxalobacteraceae and the genus Janthinobacterium that causes a soft rot disease of Agaricus bisporus. Because of this ability it could help treating disease which is caused by fungi in human. Analyses have shown that jagaricin, a substance which is produced by J. agaricidamnosum, could have a major part for its antimycotic activity.
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.
References
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