Validamycin is an
antibiotic and
fungicide produced by ''
Streptomyces hygroscopicus''. 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-glucop ...
.
It is used for the control of
sheath blight of rice 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 rang ...
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