Validamycin is an
antibiotic
An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria. It is the most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting pathogenic bacteria, bacterial infections, and antibiotic medications are widely used in the therapy, ...
and
fungicide produced by ''
Streptomyces hygroscopicus
''Streptomyces hygroscopicus'' is a bacterial species in the genus ''Streptomyces''. It was first described by Hans Laurits Jensen in 1931.
Biochemistry
Cultures of different strains of ''S. hygroscopicus'' can be used to produce a number of ...
''. It is used as an inhibitor of
trehalase
The enzyme Trehalase is a glycoside hydrolase, produced by cells in the brush border of the small intestine, which catalyzes the conversion of trehalose to glucose. It is found in most animals.
The non-reducing disaccharide trehalose (α-D-gluco ...
.
It is used for the control of
sheath blight of rice
Rice-sheath blight is a disease caused by ''Rhizoctonia solani'' (teleomorph is '' Thanetophorus cucumeris''), a basidiomycete, that causes major limitations on rice production in India and other countries of Asia. It is also a problem in the sout ...
and damping-off of cucumbers.
See also
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Ralstonia solanacearum
''Ralstonia solanacearum'' is an aerobic non-spore-forming, Gram-negative, plant pathogenic bacterium. ''R. solanacearum'' is soil-borne and motile with a polar flagellar tuft. It colonises the xylem, causing bacterial wilt in a very wide ra ...
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