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ATKINSON1 has obtained an antibiotic from Psalliota xanthoderma which she has recently named ‘psalliotin’. In 1946 and 1949 she gave an account of the potency of this antibiotic substance against Gram negative and some Gram-positive bacteria. So far, the subtance awaits purification. She advocates darkness or yellow light during the extraction process, as she has found that the antibiotic substance in crude form is very sensitive to different types of light.
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BOSE, S. Campestrin, the Antibiotic of Psalliota campestris . Nature 175, 468 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175468a0
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