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Six chemical compounds were tested from a fungus called Talaromyces purpureogenus. Only one of them, called compound 5, was able to inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis at a concentration of 100 micromoles per liter. The other five compounds had no measurable effect.

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The study found that one compound from a fungus killed some bacteria, but it didn’t say that compound was called 'alternariol.' The claim wrongly says it was, so it’s not correct.

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