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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1999
Gerald F. Bills, Clark, NJ (US);
Anne W. Dombrowski, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Wendy S. Horn, Westfield, NJ (US);
Richard K. Jansson, Doylestown, PA (US);
Mark Rattray, Somerset, NJ (US);
Dennis Schmatz, Cranford, NJ (US);
Robert E. Schwartz, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for controlling phytopathogenic fungi using pure strains of ATCC 74386 and fungus ATCC 74387. Further, methods of producing a sordarin compound are disclosed. The method includes cultivating each strain separately in a nutrient medium containing assimilable sources of carbon and nitrogen and recovering the compound. A sordarin compound of formula I is also disclosed. Also an antifungal composition containing a sordarin compound is also disclosed.