PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Buchanan-Davidson, Dorothy J.
AU  - Deese, Dawson C.
AU  - Uritani, Ikuzo
AU  - Stahmann, Mark A.
TI  - Effect of Synthetic Polylysine on Fungi
AID  - 10.1126/science.132.3440.1664
DP  - 1960 Dec 02
TA  - Science
PG  - 1664--1666
VI  - 132
IP  - 3440
4099  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/132/3440/1664.short
4100  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/132/3440/1664.full
SO  - Science1960 Dec 02; 132
AB  - The synthetic, basic poly-α-amino acid, polylysine, had antifungal activity against plant pathogens (three strains of fusaria, three isolates of verticillia, and Ceratocystis fimbriata) and against the human pathogens (Trichophyton mentagrophytes, T. rubrum, and Candida albicans) in vitro. It inhibited penetration of Ceratocystis fimbriata on sweet potato slices. Polylysine inhibited the infection of tomato cuttings by Flsarium oxysporum f. lycopersici, but it was also toxic to the plants.