Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, 3D structure: Trivial name – Malformin C
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Species: A. nigerSystematic name: 2-[2-[2-[2-(2-aminopropanoylamino)-3-sulfanylidene-propanoyl]amino-3-methyl-butanoyl]amino-4-methyl-pent-4-enoyl]amino-4-methyl-pentanethioic acidMolecular formulae: C23H39N5O5S2Molecular weight: 529.718Chemical abstracts number: 59926-78-2Selected references: KOBBE B ; CUSHMAN M ; WOGAN GN ; DEMAIN AL. Production and antibacterial activity of malformin C, a toxic metabolite of Aspergillus niger. APPL ENVIRON MICROBIOL; 33 (4). 1977 996-997Toxicity: mouse LD50 intraperitoneal 900ug/kg (0.9mg/kg) CRC Handbook of Antibiotic Compounds, Vols.1- , Berdy, J., Boca Raton, FL, CRC Press, 1980Vol. 4(1), Pg. 309, 1980.
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BAL specimen showing hyaline, septate hyphae consistent with Aspergillus, stained with Blankophor
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Mucous plug examined by light microscopy with KOH, showing a network of hyaline branching hyphae typical of Aspergillus, from a patient with ABPA.
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Corneal scraping stained with lactophenol cotton blue showing beaded septate hyphae not typical of either Fusarium spp or Aspergillus spp, being more consistent with a dematiceous (ie brown coloured) fungus
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Corneal scrape with lactophenol cotton blue shows separate hyphae with Fusarium spp or Aspergillus spp.
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A filamentous fungus in the CSF of a patient with meningitis that grew Candida albicans in culture subsequently.
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Transmission electron micrograph of a C. neoformans cell seen in CSF in an AIDS patients with remarkably little capsule present. These cells may be mistaken for lymphocytes.
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India ink preparation of CSF showing multiple yeasts with large capsules, and narrow buds to smaller daughter cells, typical of C. neoformans
