Critically ill patients and patients with haematological cancer are HIV-negative populations at high risk of invasive fungal infections. In intensive-care units, candidaemia and intra-abdominal candidiasis predominate, but aspergillosis has emerged as a lethal, under-recognised cause of pneumonia. In patients with haematological malignancies or who have undergone stem-cell transplantations, pul...

In the Arctic, fungal mycelial growth takes place mainly during cold season and beginning of growing season. Climate change induced increases temperatures may, hence, benefit increase their abundance. This is particular importance for parasitic fungi, which may significantly shape Arctic vegetation composition. Here, we studied two contrasting plant fungi’s occurrences (biotrophic Exobasidium h...

This study was conducted to determine fungal spores in the indoor air of the houses in the city of Afyon, Western-Anatolia, Turkey. We investigated the seasonal properties of mould spores in 10 houses of Afyon over a period of one year. Viable moulds were recovered from all 10 houses. Twenty seven different moulds were isolated and identified from the indoor air of the houses. The most common g...

The mould genus, Penicillium, is a significant source of environmental aero-allergens. A major allergen from Penicillium notatum, Pen n 18, was identified by two-dimensional immunoblotting using monoclonal antibody G11A10, raised against the vacuolar serine protease of Penicillium citrinum, followed by matrix-assisted laser-desorption ionization-time-of-flight MS analysis of the peptide digest....

Traditional environmental mould analysis is based on microscopic observations and counting of mould structures collected from the air on a sticky surface or culturing of moulds on growth media for identification and quantification. These approaches have significant limitations. A DNA-based method of mould analysis called mould specific quantitative PCR (MSQPCR) was created for more than 100 mou...

During their lifespan, grapes are exposed to conditions that can endanger plant health, including fluctuating climate and infection by pests insects. In particular, attacks filamentous fungi represent huge annual losses for grape farmers. Present concerns about rising antimicrobial resistance, fungicide prohibitions shifting consumer tastes driving the search less harmful ways of preventing dam...

We investigated the effects of fucoxanthin isolated from edible macroalga Dilophys fasciola on pathogenic microbes and probiotics in vitro antioxidant activity fucoxanthin. The yield concentration obtained crude was 50.5% found strong inhibition against Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus Listeria monocytogenes, lower Gram-negative bacteria fungi. probiotic strains progressed between 1.2 1.67 l...