Isolation of antifungal activity of TA from kimchi and characterization of its antifungal compounds.

Strain TA harboring antifungal activity was isolated from kimchi and identified based on Gram-staining, biochemical properties using an API 50 CHL, determination of rRNA gene sequences, and RAPD analysis. The determined gene sequences and RAPD pattern showed 100% homology with those of ATCC 8293. However, their properties were slightly different from each other.