janthinobacterium agaricidamnosum janthinobacterium agaricidamnosum janthinobacterium agaricidamnosum is a bacterium of the family oxalobacteraceae and the genus janthinobacterium that causes a soft rot disease of agaricus bisporus. because of this ability, it could help treating diseases caused by fungi in humans. analyses have shown that jagaricin, a substance which is produced by j. agaricidamnosum, could have a major part for its antimycotic activity. janthinobacterium agaricidamnosum scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: burkholderiales family: oxalobacteraceae genus: janthinobacterium species: j. agaricidamnosum binomial name janthinobacterium agaricidamnosumlincoln et al. 1999 type strain ccug 43140, cip 106332, dsm 9628, dsmz 3945, iam 14973, icmp 16941, jcm 21444, nbrc 102515, ncppb 3945, w1r3, w1r3 etymology j. agaricidamnosum comes from the latin word agaricum, which means fungus and the latin verb damnous, which means destruction (damnosusum = destructive). agaricidamnosum = damaging mushroom.