Summary
Aphanocladium album, a hyperparasite of wheat rust,Puccinia graminis vartritici, secretes chitinase when grown on a chitin-containing medium. This enzyme was purified and shown to attack the mycelium of the parasitized rust fungus.
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Srivastava, A.K., Boller, T. Secretion of chitinase byAphanocladium album, a hyperparasite of wheat rust. Experientia 41, 1612–1613 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01964834
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