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Toxicity of Antimycin to Fish

Nature volume 200, pages 600–601 (1963)Cite this article

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ANTIMYOIN is an antifungal antibiotic of unusual chemical structure1 which is toxic to a variety of living forms including yeasts and other fungi, insects and mammals, but not bacteria2. The work recorded here was concerned with its effect on fish.

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  1. Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Laboratory,

    PHILIP H. DERSE

  2. Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 6, Wisconsin

    F. M. STRONG

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DERSE, P., STRONG, F. Toxicity of Antimycin to Fish. Nature 200, 600–601 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/200600b0

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