Fungistatic

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A fungistat or Fungistaticum (from the Latin fungus , "mushroom" , and Greco statikós , "bringing to a standstill") is a chemical agent which promotes the growth and proliferation of small mushrooms inhibits (micromycetes). However, unlike fungicides , it doesn't kill them.

Examples of fungistats are nystatin , griseofulvin and trichomycin.

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  1. ↑ Duden | Fungistatic | Spelling, meaning, definition, origin. Retrieved May 5, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Entry on fungicides. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on January 16, 2020.
  3. ↑ Karl Wurm, AM Walter: Infectious Diseases. In: Ludwig Heilmeyer (ed.): Textbook of internal medicine. Springer-Verlag, Berlin / Göttingen / Heidelberg 1955; 2nd edition, ibid. 1961, pp. 9–223, here: p. 55.