Infections caused by non-neoformans Cryptococcus spp., including laurentii, previously thought to be saprophyte and non-pathogenic, have become more common during the past few years, particularly in immunocompromised hosts. To best of our knowledge here, we present first case meningitis an patient due a fungus that has never been reported Pakistan. Our patient, 40-year old male, who had acquire...

Lichens, fungi, and bryophytes are frequently referred to as lower plants, non-vascular plants, or cryptogams. All terms are partially incorrect but used for convenience. Strictly speaking only bryophytes are plants. Although lacking conductive tissues, they are photosynthetic. Fungi are not photosynthetic, typically penetrating their substrate as threads of cells. Lichens are fungi in close as...

Heavy metal ions are harmful for entomopathogenic fungi. Derivatives of starch dialdehyde such as dihydrazone (DHZ), dithiosemicarbazone (DTSC), and dioxime (DOX) were used to form water-insoluble complexes with heavy metal ions. This phenomenon thus provided protection of entomopathogenic fungus Paecilomyces farinosus from the toxic effects of heavy metal ions. The fungus growth and the sporul...

Morphological and DNA sequence characteristics of a pathogenic fungus isolated from branch cankers in Proteaceae of the South West Australian Floristic Region elucidated a new genus and species within Cryphonectriaceae (Diaporthales). The pathogen has been isolated from canker lesions in several Banksia species and Lambertia echinata subsp. citrina, and is associated with a serious decline of t...

The effect of heavy metal ions (Cd, Cr 3+ , Cu 2 , Ni, Pb 2+ and Zn) on the growth and germination of conidia of the aphid pathogenic fungus Pandora neoaphidis was studied. The metal ions were added into the culture medium in three concentrations: A – concentration corresponding to the mean content of that metal in Polish soils, B – concentration 10-times higher and C – 100-times higher than th...

Termites may have high exposure to both pathogenic and competitive fungal species. Previous studies have shown anti-fungal properties of the primary components (alpha-pinene and limonene) of Nasutitermes frontal glands that are present on soldiers. In this study, the termite Nasutitermes acajutlae (Isoptera: Termitidae) was used to examine if the growth of naturally occurring fungi was inhibite...

Lecanicillium muscarium CCFEE 5003, isolated in Continental Antarctica, is a powerful producer of extracellular cold-tolerant enzymes. Chitin-hydrolyzing enzymes seems to be the principal extracellular catalytic activities of this psychrotolerant fungus. The production of chitinolytic activities is induced by chitin and other polysaccharides and is submitted to catabolite repression. The chitin...