ICBG Fungal Extracts 12


Number of extracts

2,816

Plate Numbers

2000-2007 (8 Plates)

Concentration Information

Dried extracts resuspended at ~15 mg/ml in DMSO

Plate Format

384-well plate

Plate 2000-2007:
Column 23-24 (empty)

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This library was plated and added to the collection in Fall 2008. Production of this fungal extract library was funded by an International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBG) grant from the NIH to Dr. Jon Clardy. The library contains partially purified extracts from diverse organisms that grow in Costa Rica, including lichens, cyanobacteria, sponges, and endophytic fungi (fungi that live in higher plants), and that have been collected and assembled by the National Biodiversity Institute (INBio) in Costa Rica. Crude extracts from the fungi were obtained and further fractionated to eliminate nuisance compounds, especially those of high molecular weight or high polarity.

Screening positives that have been confirmed by follow-up experiments on cherry picked samples can be further fractionated via a collaboration with the lab of Dr. Jon Clardy (Harvard Medical School). Please contact Caroline Shamu (caroline_shamu@hms.harvard.edu) to arrange for purification of "hit" compounds from extract samples.