Rhizopus soft rot caused by Rhizopus stolonifer occurred on pears (Pyrus serotina) in the Jinju City Agricultural Products Wholesale Market in Korea from 2004 to 2005. The infection usually started from wounds due to cracking at harvest time. The lesions started as water-soaked, rapidly softened, then gradually expanded. The mycelia grew vigorously on the surface of the fruits and formed stolon...

An antigen analysis with filtrate and homogenate precipitinogens of single isolates of the zygomycetes Absidia corymbifera, Mucor pusillus, Rhizopus arrhizus, and Rhizopus oryzae demonstrated the presence of common antigens among the three genera as well as antigens which permit their differentiation. Selected homogenate antigens were valuable in developing a diagnostic immunodiffusion (ID) tes...

Zygomycosis refers to a group of uncommon and frequently fatal mycoses caused by fungi of the class Zygomycetes, the organisms of which are usually found in decaying organic matter. Disease can be transmitted by the inhalation of spores or by direct inoculation on disrupted skin or mucosa. For rare diseases such as zygomycosis, two or more cases occurring in a short time should be investigated ...

INTRODUCTION Rhizopus typically results in acute, aggressive and angioinvasive infection, particularly in immunosuppressed individuals. Risk factors include immunosuppression in haematologic malignancy, uncontrolled hyperglycemia, iron overload states, and older chelator agents such as deferoxamine. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a case of a 33-year-old female with transfusion-dependent beta t...

Zygomycetes fungi are able to produce ethanol, and their biomass may hold a high market value, making them interesting microorganisms from a biorefinery perspective. In the present study, the inhibitor tolerance of the Zygomycetes fungus Rhizopus sp. was evaluated and compared with a flocculating strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The inhibitors furfural, 5hydroxymethylfurfural [HMF], acetic a...

Background: Giant gourami, Osphronemus goramy (Lacepède, 1801) is the most important freshwater fish species produced by aquaculture in Indonesia. This study seeks to determine effects of various newly formulated products on amino acid composition diet and whole-body carcass, analyse growth coefficient, body indices, gut micromorphology.</ns4...

highly stabilized monodispersed silver nanoparticles (agnps) were synthesized by rhizopus stolonifer and the antifungal efficacy of silver nanoparticles (agnps) against candida sp. were studied. characterization of biosynthesized nanosilver was made by tem-eds and afm. minimum inhibitory concentration (mic) of biosynthesized agnps, amphotericin b, and fluconazole have been studied on pathogenic...