CILIOSTATIC EFFECT OF FUNGI ON THE RESPIRATORY-TRACT CILIARY MOVEMENTOF ONE-DAY-OLD CHICKENS IN-VITRO

Authors
PIECKOVA E JESENSKA Z
Citation
E. Pieckova et Z. Jesenska, CILIOSTATIC EFFECT OF FUNGI ON THE RESPIRATORY-TRACT CILIARY MOVEMENTOF ONE-DAY-OLD CHICKENS IN-VITRO, Folia microbiologica, 41(6), 1996, pp. 517-520
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Folia microbiologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00155632
Volume
41
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
517 - 520
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-5632(1996)41:6<517:CEOFOT>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The ciliostatic activity of exo- and endometabolites of 243 filamentou s fungal strains was evaluated by in vitro bioassay using tracheal org an cultures of 1-d-old chicks. Chloroform-extractable metabolites prod uced in the cultivation medium (25 degrees C/10 d) by 30 out of 72 (41 %) investigated strains displayed the ciliostatic activity as did meta bolites from the biomass of the spores and the mycelium of 46 other st rains (26%). This result could contribute to the clarification of the correlation between fungi and respiratory disorders in some working pl aces and in damp dwellings.