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To determine whether treating fungi with small chemical epigenetic modulators can activate silent biosynthetic pathways to produce antimicrobial compounds effective against drug-resistant pathogens.

January 1, 2014BioMed Research InternationalOpen Access

Fungi Treated with Small Chemicals Exhibit Increased Antimicrobial Activity against Facultative Bacterial and Yeast Pathogens

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To determine whether treating fungi with small chemical epigenetic modulators can activate silent biosynthetic pathways to produce antimicrobial compounds effective against drug-resistant pathogens.
Treated 54 spore-forming fungal isolates with six small-molecule chemicals, including known epigenetic modulators.
Assayed fungal culture extracts against clinically facultative bacterial and yeast pathogens, including multidrug-resistant clinical strains.
Evaluated the cytotoxicity of active fungal samples against human cell lines.
Treatment triggered significant pathogen inhibition in 30 fungal samples across six genera compared to untreated controls, achieving growth log reductions between 0.3 and 4.3.
Penicillium restrictum grown with butyrate demonstrated significantly increased antimicrobial efficacy against standard and multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus without exhibiting cytotoxicity toward human cells.

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In vitro study reveals chemical activation enhances antimicrobial production in spore-forming fungi, suggesting a scalable approach to uncover novel antibiotics.

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Zutz et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9b5eb151da4aefff5c51b9 https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/540292

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In vitro study reveals chemical activation enhances antimicrobial production in spore-forming fungi, suggesting a scalable approach to uncover novel antibiotics.

Fungi Treated with Small Chemicals Exhibit Increased Antimicrobial Activity against Facultative Bacterial and Yeast Pathogens

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Fungi Treated with Small Chemicals Exhibit Increased Antimicrobial Activity against Facultative Bacterial and Yeast Pathogens

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