''Janthinobacterium agaricidamnosum'' is a

bacterium Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among ...

of the family Oxalobacteraceae and the

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

Janthinobacterium ''Janthinobacterium'' is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria. The name is from Latin ''janthinus'', which means "violet" or "violet-blue". It produces a purple-violet pigment, manifests diverse energy metabolism abilities, and tolerates cold ...

'' that causes a soft rot disease of ''

Agaricus bisporus ''Agaricus bisporus'' is an edible basidiomycete mushroom native to grasslands in Eurasia and North America. It has two color states while immature – white and brown – both of which have various names, with additional names for the mature ...

''. Because of this ability, it could help treating diseases caused by fungi in humans. Analyses have shown that jagaricin, a substance which is produced by ''J. agaricidamnosum'', could have a major part for its

antimycotic An antifungal medication, also known as an antimycotic medication, is a pharmaceutical fungicide or fungistatic used to treat and prevent mycosis such as athlete's foot, ringworm, candidiasis (thrush), serious systemic infections such as crypto ...

activity.

Etymology

''J. agaricidamnosum'' comes from the

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

word ''agaricum'', which means fungus and the Latin verb ''damnous'', which means destruction (''damnosusum'' = destructive). Agaricidamnosum = damaging mushroom.

References

External links

Type strain of ''Janthinobacterium agaricidamnosum'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Burkholderiales Bacteria described in 1999 {{Betaproteobacteria-stub