Bioconversion of antifungal viridin to phytotoxin viridiol by environmental non-viridin producing microorganisms

Bioorg Chem. 2021 May 1;112:104959. doi: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2021.104959. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBiotransformation of viridin, an antifungal produced by biocontrol agent, with non-viridin producing microorganisms is studied. The results show that some environmental non-targeted microorganisms are able to reduce it in the known phytotoxin viridiol, and its 3-epimer. Consequently, this reduction, which happens in some cases by detoxification mechanism, could be disastrous for the plant in a biocontrol of plant disease. However, a process fermentation/biotransformation could be an efficient approach for the preparation of this phytotoxin.PMID:33971564 | DOI:10.1016/j.bioorg.2021.104959
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