N. Imamura et al., An antibiotic from Penicillium sp covering the cocoon of the leaf-rolling moth, Dactylioglypha tonica, BIOS BIOT B, 64(10), 2000, pp. 2216-2217
An antibiotic-producing Penicillium sp. strain was isolated from cocoons of
the leaf-rolling moth, Dactylioglypha tonica. An antibacterial compound wa
s isolated from the cultured broth, and the chemical structure of the princ
iple was determined by spectroscopic data to be a derivative of isocoumarin
carboxylate.