abstract：:A total of 57 samples of feedstuffs commonly used for animal nutrition in Colombia (corn, soybean, sorghum, cottonseed meal, sunflower seed meal, wheat middlings and rice) were analyzed for Fusarium contamination. Fusarium fungi were identified at species level by means of conventional methods and the ability to produ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Acuña A,Lozano MC,García MC,Diaz GJ

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved DNA-mediated transformation system for nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora based on hygromycin B resistance was developed. The transformation frequency varied between 34 and 175 transformants per microg linearized DNA and 93% of the transformants were stable for drug resistance when tested 100...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Jin X,Ming-He M,Xiao-Wei H,Ke-Qin Z

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida dubliniensis, yeast closely related to Candida albicans, is a new pathogen associated mainly with infections of immunocompromised hosts. In this study, we report the first isolation of three isolates of C. dubliniensis in Slovakia. The first selection of both C. albicans and C. dubliniensis from the other Cand...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Melkusovà S,Lisalovà M,Pavlìk P,Bujdàkovà H

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The taxonomic position of the causal agent of fruit rot of olives was determined from fresh collections of the fungus from central Greece. In culture it formed two types of conidia, namely fusiform, hyaline, aseptate conidia typical of the genus Fusicoccum, and dark-walled, ovoid, ellipsoid or fusiform, 1-2 septate co...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Phillips AJ,Rumbos IC,Alves A,Correia A

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal endophytes were isolated from Crataeva magna, a medicinal plant growing along the streams and rivers, constituting riparian vegetation in Karnataka, southern India. Fresh bark and twig pieces were used for the isolation using standard methods. Ninety-six endophytic fungal isolates were isolated from 800 bark an...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Nalini MS,Mahesh B,Tejesvi MV,Prakash HS,Subbaiah V,Kini KR,Shetty HS

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-one strains of Fusarium verticillioides and F. proliferatum isolated from corn collected from four different geographic areas in Iran, namely Fars, Khuzestan, Kermanshah and Mazandaran (an endemic oesophageal cancer (OC) area) were evaluated for their ability to produce fumonisins B1 (FB1), B2 (FB2) and B3 (FB3)...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Ghiasian SA,Rezayat SM,Kord-Bacheh P,Maghsood AH,Yazdanpanah H,Shephard GS,van der Westhuizen L,Vismer HF,Marasas WF

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diseases of oil palm caused by Ganoderma boninense are of major economic importance in much of South-East Asia. This paper describes results from an ongoing field trial concerning the spread of the pathogen from artificially inoculated trunks used to simulate spread from windrowed trunks. Three planting distances for ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Flood J,Keenan L,Wayne S,Hasan Y

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basidiospores were isolated from the fruiting bodies of Ganoderma infecting oil palms from an estate in Johor and from ornamental palms (including oil palms) from Singapore. The spores were then germinated to obtain homokaryotic mycelia. Based on clamp connection formation in paired hyphal fusions, tester strains were...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Lim HP,Fong YK

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of mycetoma caused by the black fungus Madurella grisea in northern Brazil is reported. The lesion was located on the patient's right foot without bone involvement. Clinical samples were collected by opening the fistules with a scalp and the grains removed for microbiological and histopathological analyses. Alt...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Vilela R,Duarte OM,Rosa CA,Castro JG,Lyon S,Motta RL,Moura AC

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary pseudallescheriasis in an immunocompetent patient without a pre-existing cavity or cyst is a rare phenomenon. We report a case of invasive pulmonary pseudallescheriasis in a lobectomised patient treated for tuberculosis. Filamentous fungi with pyriform conidia were seen in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid . ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Bashir G,Shakeel S,Wani T,Kakru DK

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro effect of each of the Penicillium mycotoxins citrinin (CIT), cyclopiazonic acid (CPA), ochratoxin A (OTA), patulin (PAT), penicillic acid (PIA) and roquefortine C (RQC) on mitogen induced lymphocyte proliferation was determined using purified lymphocytes from 6 piglets. Dose response curves for each mycot...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Keblys M,Bernhoft A,Höfer CC,Morrison E,Larsen HJ,Flåøyen A

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maximum challenge exposure of Liposcelis bostrychophila to Beauveria bassiana, Paecilomyces fumosoroseus, Aspergillus parasiticus or Metarhizium anisopliae resulted in no more than 16% mortality. We investigated several of L. bostrychophila's cuticular lipids for possible contributions to its tolerance for entomopatho...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Lord JC,Howard RW

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of Candida species in the urine is frequent among hospitalized patients. We studied sample urine of 205 hospitalized patients during a 1-year period to determine the incidence of nosocomial candiduria. The yeasts were isolated in 22% (45/205) urine cultures and risk factors in these patients were analyzed...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Kobayashi CC,de Fernandes OF,Miranda KC,de Sousa ED,Silva Mdo R

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A set of Diaporthe helianthi isolates collected in different geographic areas was studied in order to examine whether different genetic biotypes could be responsible for epidemiological differences shown by sunflower stem canker. D. helianthi causes serious losses in France and in former Yugoslavia, while the pathogen...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Vergara M,Cristani C,Regis C,Vannacci G

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of Malassezia spp. yeasts was investigated in dermatological specimens of 224 dogs, 164 dermatologically diseased and 60 normal dogs. Subjects included in the study were of different breed, age, sex and habitat. Malassezia spp. positive cultures were obtained in 142 (63.4%) specimens: 67.6% from dermatolo...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Nardoni S,Mancianti F,Corazza M,Rum A

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gliotoxin, one of the mycotoxins produced by Aspergillus fumigatus, has various, potent bioactivities. However, it has not been considered to be a toxic (or virulence) factor because of its slow production. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of aeration on the cytotoxicity of A. fumigatus cult...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Watanabe A,Kamei K,Sekine T,Waku M,Nishimura K,Miyaji M,Tatsumi K,Kuriyama T

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diaporthe helianthi is the causal agent of sunflower stem canker, a serious pathogen of sunflower in Europe but recorded sporadically in Italy. The genetic diversity of D. helianthi isolates from different geographic origins (Argentina, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Romania) was investigated using IGS sequences. A 400 bp...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Pecchia S,Mercatelli E,Vannacci G

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocardia beijingensis, a recently established new species, is an isolate from soil in China. During our taxonomic studies on 450 nocardial clinical isolates in Thailand and Japan, 17 strains from Thailand and 1 strain from Japan were found to have a similar physiological characteristic to those of N. beijingensis, suc...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Kageyama A,Poonwan N,Yazawa K,Mikami Y,Nishimura K

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of glasshouse and incubator studies were conducted to investigate the role played by Pythium splendens in a decline disorder of carambola, Averrhoa carambola. Plants, 4-6 months old, were grown in native calcareous soil either infested or not infested with the pathogen. Isolates recovered from atemoya, caramb...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Ploetz RC

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the fatty acids linolenic acid, linoleic acid, erucic acid and oleic acid on the growth of the plant pathogenic fungi Rhizoctonia solani, Pythium ultimum, Pyrenophora avenae and Crinipellis perniciosa were examined in in vitro studies. Linolenic and linoleic acids exhibited activity against all of the fu...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Walters D,Raynor L,Mitchell A,Walker R,Walker K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are the most common kind of nosocomial infection. Recent years have seen a significant increase in numbers of infections caused by yeasts of the genus Candida. The adherence of a microorganism to the host surface is a decisive factor in the success of colonization ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Tamura NK,Gasparetto A,Svidzinski TI

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soils from 100 irrigated fields (95 under vegetables, 5 under citrus) in different geographical locations in the West Bank (Palestinian Autonomous Territory) were surveyed for hymexazol-insensitive (HIS) Pythium species using the surface soil dilution plate (SSDP) method with the VP3 medium amended with 50 mg/L hymexa...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Ali-Shtayeh M,Salah AM,Jamous RM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of the biocontrol fungus Epicoccum nigrum was more sensitive to ionic solute water stress (NaCl) than non-ionic (glycerol) on potato dextrose-based media at -0.5, -3.0 and -5.5 MPa water potentials. Subsequent physiological manipulation of growth of E. nigrum in glycerol-modified media to -3.0 MPa water potenti...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Pascual S,Melgarejo P,Magan N

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most important forms of the occurrence of protothecosis is bovine mastitis. Studies on the "in vivo" and "in vitro" susceptibility to antimicrobials have shown that the microorganism is resistant to most of them. Looking for alternative treatments this study aimed to study the susceptibility to copper sulph...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Melville PA,Benites NR,Sinhorini IL,Costa EO

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much of our understanding of the epidemiologic features of infection with Blastomyces dermatitidis has come from cluster and outbreak investigations which have established the association of human disease with recreational pursuits and the presence of infectious microfoci in areas of moist soil with high organic conte...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Proctor ME,Klein BS,Jones JM,Davis JP

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 200 Albizia lebbeck trees at Sultan Qaboos University campus wilted and died. The symptoms were dieback of large branches due to infection by Scytalidium dimidiatum. The fungus has also infected Ficus benghalensis, F. carica, F. retusa, Thespesia populnea, Delonix regia and Peltophorum petrocarpum. This is the fi...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Elshafie AE,Ba-Omar T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 148 cats with a clinical and mycologic diagnosis of sporotrichosis and 84 apparently healthy cats with domiciliary contact with the affected animals were studied. Sporothrix schenckii was isolated from 148 (n = 148; 100%) clinical samples of cutaneous lesion (biopsy, swab or aspiration of purulent secretion...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Schubach TM,de Oliveira Schubach A,dos Reis RS,Cuzzi-Maya T,Blanco TC,Monteiro DF,Barros BM,Brustein R,Zancopé-Oliveira RM,Fialho Monteiro PC,Wanke B

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-three cassava lines were selected from breeding populations at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria and screened in vitro for resistance to cassava anthracnose disease (CAD). The in vitro inoculation of stem cuttings with the fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f.sp. mani...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Fokunang CN,Dixon AG,Ikotun T,Asiedu R,Tembe EA,Akem CN

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six water-soluble nystatin-polyvilnylpyrrolidone complexes with respective MW of 10 kDa (NC1), 25 kDa (NC2), 30 kDa (NC3), 40 kda (NC4), 90 kDa (NC5), 360 kDa (NC6) were synthesized. The activity of the complexes was compared with that of nystatin against growth and spore germination of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radici...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Charvalos E,Tsatsakis A,Tzatzarakis M,Dolapsakis G,Stiakakis J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) Sorok. for the control of Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) on chrysanthemum cuttings was evaluated in greenhouse experiments. The fungus significantly reduced both the adult and larval populations of F. occidentalis, although the level of control of larval populat...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Maniania NK,Ekesi S,Löhr B,Mwangi F

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanin synthesis in Cryptococcus neoformans, catalyzed by phenoloxidase activity, is one of the oldest virulence factors known. However, until now, the relationship between melanin production in C. neoformans and its virulence has been poorly understood. Among different chemical compounds only Fe3+ and Cu2+ cations e...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Vidotto V,Defina N,Pugliese A,Aoki S,Nakamura K,Takeo K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Green cocoa pod husk agar (GCPA), ripe cocoa pod husk agar (RCPA), green cocoa bean agar (GCBA), ripe cocoa bean agar (RCBA), green cocoa mucilage agar (GCMA) and ripe cocoa mucilage agar (RCMA) were prepared and assessd for their clarity and for potential to support mycelial growth and sporulation of P. palmivora. Oa...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Awuah RT,Frimpong M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scopoletin (7-hydroxy-6-methoxy coumarin) which inhibited the conidial germination of Corynespora cassiicola was isolated from the uninfected mature leaves of Hevea brasiliensis. Scopoletin was not detected in uninfected immature rubber leaves. The immature leaves produced scopoletin after being infected with C. cassi...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Silva WP,Deraniyagala SA,Wijesundera RL,Karunanayake EH,Priyanka UM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1 ) is a carcinogenic mycotoxin found in feeds and in airborne grain dusts. Aflatoxin B1 requires biotransformation to the AFB1-8,9 epoxide (AFBO) by a bioactivation system and subsequent covalent binding to DNA or proteins, to exert its carcinogenic potential. The lung contains cytochrome P450, prost...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Palanee T,Dutton MF,Chuturgoon AA

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement receptor type 1 (CR1) is a membrane glycoprotein that acts as a receptor for the C3b, iC3b and C4b fragments of complement. In primates, one function of erythrocytes is to promote safe clearance of immunocomplexes (IC) from the circulation through CR1. Theoretically, in diseases characterized by high levels...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Teixeira JE,Martinez R,Câmara LM,Barbosa JE

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a preliminary study, 256 feed samples collected from different parts of Northern India were examined for the presence of aflatoxigenic strains of Aspergillus favus/parasiticus and for detection of Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). Out of 198 A. flavus and 15 A. parasiticus strains isolated, 76% and 86% respectively, were found ...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Dutta TK,Das P

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hair and scalp mycobiota of 1389 clinically normal children aged 6-12 years attending 12 schools in the Nablus District, Palestinian Authority, was assessed on three occasions over 8-month period (October 1998-May 1999) using the hair brush technique. One hundred and one fungal species belonging to 33 genera were reco...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Ali-Shtayeh MS,Salameh AA,Abu-Ghdeib SI,Jamous RM

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen fungal species were isolated from 182 specimens collected from four ruminants (buffalo, camel, cattle and sheep) in Southern Iraq. Fungi represented by five species of dermatophytes and eleven species of other fungi were screened for the activity of four enzymes: keratinase. proteinase, lipase and amylase. Ker...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Muhsin TM,Salih TH

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans and other yeast-like fungi of clinical interest in decaying wood inside tree trunk hollows, bark and other plant materials is reported. The var. neoformans was isolated from 3 of 45 (6.6%) wood and one of 390 Eucalyptus bark samples. Two of the positive wood sa...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Randhawa HS,Mussa AY,Khan ZU

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid and accurate method to quantify ochratoxin A (OTA) at ppt (pg/ml) levels in urine has been developed. The method uses commercial immunoaffinity columns for clean-up and reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detector for quantification of the toxin. Average recoveries of...

journal_title：Mycopathologia

authors： Pascale M,Visconti A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00