Abstract In this study, the effects of mould materials on microstructure and mechanical properties of cast A356 Al alloy were investigated. The alloy was poured into three different moulds. Then the samples were homogenised and applied T6 heat treatment. The optical, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) studies were made. Secondary dendrite arm spacing (SD...

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Twenty-seven soil samples were collected from the onion (Allium cepa L.) fields of Tekirdag province, Turkey. These samples were investigated for the sensitivity of Aspergillus niger V. Tieghem (AN) and Fusarium oxysporum Schlechtend.: Fr. f. sp. cepae (H. N. Hans.) W. C. Snyder H. N. Hans (FOC), known as the causal agents of black mould and basal rot of onion, respectively, to soil fungistasis...

The aim of this study was to establish the total fungal (mould) count in 79 commercial pig farm feed samples (42 for piglets, 29 fattening pigs and 8 sows) collected from Serbian producers during three-year period (2017-2019), as well evaluate percentage contamination by fungi, especially species Aspergillus, Fusarium Penicillium genera. Using standard mycological methods, identification fungi ...

The aim of this multicenter prospective study was to evaluate the incidence of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) in adult and pediatric patients with hematologic malignancies, involving nine nosocomial facilities in Southern Italy over a period of 18 months. Furthermore, results of an environmental microbial surveillance routinely carried out in some of the enrolled hospitals are reported. A to...

MARASAS, W . F. 0. & SMALLEY, E. B. Mycoflora, toxicity and nutritive value of mouldy maize. Onderstepoort]. vet. Res. 39 (1), 1-10 (1972). Large populations of fungi developed in naturally infested mouldy maize stored under conditions that led to self-heating. Mould counts as high as 50 X 106 propagules per gram of meal were recorded in mouldy maize meal with a moisture content of 30% stored a...

Rabea E.I., Steurbaut W. (2010): Chemically modified chitosans as antimicrobial agents against some plant pathogenic bacteria and fungi. Plant Protect. Sci., 46: 149–158. The antimicrobial activity of eight chemically modified chitosans against plant pathogenic bacteria of crown gall disease agrobacterium tumefaciens and soft mould disease Erwinia carotovora and fungi of early blight disease al...

Bacteria and fungi are ubiquitous in the atmosphere. The diversity and abundance of airborne microbes may be strongly influenced by atmospheric conditions or even influence atmospheric conditions themselves by acting as ice nucleators. However, few comprehensive studies have described the diversity and dynamics of airborne bacteria and fungi based on culture-independent techniques. We document ...

The root rots of wheat, oats, barley, and rye are among the least conspicuous diseases of cereals, but they are among the most destructive. They are caused by many species of fungi, which are widespread and live on or in seed, soil, and dead plant refuse. They attack a large number of hosts and thrive under a wide range of conditions. To the many types of root rots in cereal crops many names ha...

Slime mould Physarum polycephalum is large single cell with intriguingly smart behaviour. The slime mould shows outstanding abilities to adapt its protoplasmic network to varying environmental conditions. The slime mould can solve tasks of computational geometry, image processing, logics and arithmetics when data are represented by configurations of attractants and repellents. We attempt to map...