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Ascochyta viciae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Pleosporales
Family:	Didymellaceae
Genus:	Ascochyta
Species:	A. viciae
Binomial name
Ascochyta viciae Lib.

Ascochyta viciae is an ascomycete fungus species in the genus Ascochyta.

Ascofuranone is an antibiotic first isolated from a strain of A. viciae in 1972; however, the identification of the strain is later revised as Acremonium sclerotigenum, and A. viciae cannot produce this antibiotic.

See also

• List of Ascochyta species

References

1. Sasaki H, Okutomi T, Hosokawa T, Nawata Y, Ando K (1972). "Ascofuranone, a new antibiotic from Ascochyta viciae". Tetrahedron Letters. 13 (25): 2541–2544. doi:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)84869-3.
2. Sasaki H, Hosokawa T, Sawada M, Ando K (1973). "Isolation and structure of ascofuranone and ascofranol, antibiotics with hypolipidemic activity". J. Antibiot. 26 (11): 676–680. doi:10.7164/antibiotics.26.676. PMID 4792115.
3. Hijikawa Y, Matsuzaki M, Suzuki S, Inaoka DK, Tatsumi R, Kido Y, Kita K (2016). "Re-identification of the ascofuranone-producing fungus Ascochyta viciae as Acremonium sclerotigenum". J. Antibiot. 70 (3): 304–307. doi:10.1038/ja.2016.132. PMID 27804952.

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