Micromycetes metabolites--inhibitors of growth and sterol biosynthesis in yeasts]

Antifungal activity of micelial fungus metabolites (of genera Aspergillus, Penicillium, Fusarium, Stachybotris, Cladosporium, Alternaria, Gliocladium, Paecilomyces, Trichoderma etc.) was determined. It was shown that antifungal activity of some micromycetes is due to the formation of substances inhibiting sterols biosynthesis in eucaryote cells. Inhibitors of enzymes of sterols biosynthesis were isolated and their activity was investigated. It was shown, that isolated fungus inhibitors of sterols biosynthesis inhibited the growth of test-organism Rhodotorula rubra and decreased ergosterin level in yeast cells. The qualitative content of yeast cell sterols was not changed in the presence of fungus inhibitors.     

Production of proteinases with fibrinolytic and fibrinogenolytic activity by a micromycete <Emphasis Type="Italic">Aspergillus ochraceus</Emphasis>

Fibrinolytic and fibrinogenolytic activity of surface and submerged cultures of a micromycete Aspergillus ochraceus L-1 was studied. Extracellular proteinases produced by A. ochraceus L-1 were found to exhibit specificity against fibrin and fibrinogen and no activity of plasminogen activators. The highest activity was observed in the cultures grown at 28°С and initial pH 7.0. Fibrinolytic activity was shown to be somewhat above 25% of the total plasmin-like activity of A. ochraceus L-1 proteinases.