Microbes have evolved ways of interference competition to gain advantage over their ecological competitors. The use of secreted antagonistic compounds by yeast cells is one of the prominent examples. Although this killer behavior has been thoroughly studied in laboratory yeast strains, our knowledge of the antagonistic specificity of killer effects in nature remains limited. In this study, yeas...

The Present investigation was conducted during the year 2012-2013, to study the phylloplane flora from some novel plants of family Ficaceae. It was observed that in nature the plants faces several problems in terms of attack of several pathogens, which cause the diseases. By keeping this view in mind, the above titled study was conducted to observe the relative phylloplanic flora on the sacred ...

Fungal infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in renal transplant recipients. The causative agent and the risk factors differ depending on the period after the kidney transplant. Also the incidence varies according to the geographical area. We are reporting three cases of fungal infections in renal transplant recipients. Two of them have etiological agents which are common...

In order to identify some endophytic fungi in common yew trees, healthy plant samples were investigated. In this study, 10 fungal species including Absidia spinosa, Aureobasidium pullulans, Lecanicillium lecanii, Nemania serpens, Pseudodictyosporium elegans, Leucostoma persoonii, Epicoccum nigrum, Stachybotrys chartarum, Gibberella tricincta and Gibberella baccata were identified as endophytic ...

Two Castanea plant species, C. henryi and mollissima, are cultivated in China to produce chestnut crops. Leaf spot diseases commonly occur plantations, however, little is known about the fungal species associated with leaf spots. In this study, samples of mollissima were collected from Beijing, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan Yunnan Provinces, leaf-inhabiting fungi identified based on morphology phylog...

Aureobasidium pullulans is a causal agent of phaeohyphomycosis, occasionally found in men and animals. As an agent of different opportunistic fungal processes, it may cause fungemia, systemic infections and abscesses in different viscera. This paper aims to report a case of a patient with infection of the lymphatic system by A. pullulans. A 23-year-old patient being treated for erythema nodosum...

Aureobasidins are a group of cyclic depsipeptides with antifungal activity and are produced by Aureobasidium pullulans. Aureobasidins are composed of eight amino acids and one hydroxy acid such as 2-hydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid (Hmp), and highly lipophilic. Five new aureobasidins, si> S2a> S2b, S3 and S4, which have higher hydrophilicity in reversed phase HPLC than the known aureobasidins A~R...

In this study, Illumina MiSeq was used to investigate the microbial diversity ofwine grapes and soil from three vineyards indifferent localities on eastern foothills of Helan Mountain in Ningxia, China. The results 26 samples showed thatthere were 4 fungal phyla with 1107 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) 11 bacterial 4630 OTUs. At genus level, dominant fungi included Aspergillus, Alternaria, ...