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Extracellular Metabolic Products of a Hirsutella Species

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A SPECIES of Hirsutella, parasitic on larvæ of the spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana(Clem.))1, when grown in liquid culture produces a highly viscous metabolite. Preliminary tests indicated that this substance might be a polysaccharide and since it has been reported that polysaccharides produced by some parasitic fungi can cause significant reactions in the host2, it seemed desirable to investigate this material.

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LOUGHHEED, T., MACLEOD, D. Extracellular Metabolic Products of a Hirsutella Species. Nature 182, 114–115 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182114a0

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