background: medicinal plants synthesize a vast array of secondary metabolites that are important for human life. for medicinal purpose, antimicrobial activity of substances derived from plant extracts has been recognized for many years. pimpinella anisum l. (apiaceae) and illicium verum hook. f. (illiciaceae) plant species, have been used for treatment of infectious diseases in iranian traditio...

fermentation is an important process for black tea production. during this process, by exposure of substrate to enzymes and the underlying oxidation reactions, quality determining factors of tea is produced. it is known that the exogenous application of cell-wall degrading enzymes leads to the increased production of these compounds through enhancement of enzyme-substrate interactions. pectinas...

The occurrence of Microsatellites (SSRs) has been witnessed in most of the fungal genomes however its abundance varies across species. In the present study, we analyzed the frequency of SSRs in the whole genome and transcripts of two phyto-pathogenic (Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus terreus) and compared them with two non-pathogenic (Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus oryzae) Aspergillus. H...

Protein secretion plays an eminent role in cell maintenance and adaptation to the extracellular environment of microorganisms. Although protein secretion is an extremely efficient process in filamentous fungi, the mechanisms underlying protein secretion have remained largely uncharacterized in these organisms. In this study, we analyzed the effects of the d-xylose induction of cellulase and hem...

Monosulphides of O-phenyl-N-substituted phenylcarbamates were prepared by the reaction between Ophenyl-N-substituted phenylcarbamates and sulphur dichloride while the corresponding disulphides were prepared by the reaction between O-phenyl-Nsubstituted phenylcarbamates and sulphur monochloride. The synthesized compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, thin layer chromatography (TLC), ...

We developed a PCR-based assay to differentiate medically important species of Aspergillus from one another and from other opportunistic molds and yeasts by employing universal, fungus-specific primers and DNA probes in an enzyme immunoassay format (PCR-EIA). Oligonucleotide probes, directed to the internal transcribed spacer 2 region of ribosomal DNA from Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus fumiga...

The Experiments were carried out during the period of July 2001 to December 2002. Infestation of poultry feeds by fungi and aflatoxins content in feeds were determined. Ten feed samples were collected from ten different farms located in three different areas of Bangladesh. Five different fungal species belonging four genera were detected which were Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Fusariu...

Although the diagnostic significance of isolating Aspergillus spp. from respiratory cultures has been studied in immunocompromised hosts with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA), little is known of such infections in immunocompetent patients with other forms of aspergillosis. In this study of adult pneumology ward patients, we examined the association between Aspergillus spp. and disease pre...

For the catabolism of D-glucuronate, different pathways are used by different life forms. The pathways in bacteria and animals are established, however, a fungal pathway has not been described. In this communication, we describe an enzyme that is essential for D-glucuronate catabolism in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger. The enzyme has an NADH dependent 2-keto-L-gulonate reductase activ...