Influences of nitrogen sources on usnic acid production in a cultured mycobiont of the lichen Usnea hirta (L.) wigg

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Effects of the nitrogen sources in the medium for the production of secondary metabolites in lichens were examined. The usnic acid production by a mycobiont of the lichen Usnea hirta was higher in the liquid medium containing ammonium and nitrate ions than in those containing amino acids.

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Kinoshita, Y., Yamamoto, Y., Kurokawa, T., & Yoshimura, I. (2001). Influences of nitrogen sources on usnic acid production in a cultured mycobiont of the lichen Usnea hirta (L.) wigg. Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 65(8), 1900–1902. https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.65.1900

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