BACKGROUND Madurella mycetomatis is the most common cause of human eumycetoma. The genus Madurella has been characterized by overall sterility on mycological media. Due to this sterility and the absence of other reliable morphological and ultrastructural characters, the taxonomic classification of Madurella has long been a challenge. Mitochondria are of monophyletic origin and mitochondrial gen...

Damage to cotton by micro-organisms causes a serious loss to the cotton farmer, manufacturer, and consumer. For this reason studies are in progress in the Department of Agriculture on the growth and effect of various micro-organisms which cause deterioration of cotton. In an earlier investigation in this laboratory by Rogers, Wheeler, and Humfeld (1940) the growth of Chaetomium globosum Kunze o...

BACKGROUND The endophytes of medicinal plants, such as Justicia adhatoda L., represent a promising and largely underexplored domain that is considered as a repository of biologically active compounds. OBJECTIVES The aim of present study was isolation, identification, and biological evaluation of endophytic fungi associated with the J. adhatoda L. plant for the production of antimicrobial, ant...

Control of fungal pathogens is mainly addressed by chemically synthesized fungicides which, after a prolonged use, produce environment pollution and develop resistance. In this context, endophytes have been recognized as potential biocontrolers and also potential source of antifungal metabolites. Therefore, as part of our research on phytopathogen controllers, 355 fungal endophytes were isolate...

In sugar production, dextrans are undesirable compounds synthesized by contaminant microorganisms from sucrose, increasing the viscosity of the flow and reducing industrial recovery, bringing about significant losses. The use of the dextranase enzyme is the most efficient method for hydrolyzing the dextrans at sugar mills. Some bacterial strains, filamentous fungi and a small number of yeasts h...

Seeds of rice, jowar, ground nut and fingermillet were inoculated with microorganisms like Chaetomium globosum, Aureobasidium pullulans, Gliocladium roseum, Streptomyces sp. Pseudomonas pseudomallei YL-1 along with fertilizer (NPK 17:17:17) and were grown under laboratory conditions in earthen pots for forty five days. The phenotypic traits were analyzed and compared with control and fertilizer...

Cytoglobosins H (1) and I (2), together with seven known cytochalasan alkaloids (3-9), were isolated from the deep-sea-derived fungus Chaetomium globosum. The structures of new compounds 1 and 2 were elucidated by extensive 1D and 2D NMR and mass spectroscopic data. All the compounds were evaluated for their antiproliferative activities against MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cells, LNCaP human ...