A case of colonization of a prosthetic mitral valve in a 73-year-old Spanish male by the fungus Acremonium strictum W. Gams is described. The valve was replaced due to paravalvular leak and severe insufficiency and the patient died of multiorgan failure. The identity of the fungus was determined by morphological studies and it was confirmed by the analysis of the ITS region sequence analysis. M...

Cephaloridine ('Ceporin') is a semisynthetic compound, 7[(2-thienyl)-acetamide]-5(i-pyridylmethyl)-5-cephem-4-carboxylic acid betaine, derived from cephalosporin C. This is an antibiotic produced by Cephalosporium acremonium, a fungus isolated from a sewage outfall off the Sardinian coast (Brotzu, I948). The cephalosporins are closely related chemically to the penicillins in that they contain a...

The present study is concerned with the production of cephalosporin C by Cephalosporium acremonium C-10. Two culture media were tested for the production of antibiotic. Among these culture media M1 containing sucrose, ammonium acetate, cornstarch, sugar cane molasses, soybean meal, calcium carbonate, calcium sulphate and methyl oleate gave optimum production of cephalosporin C. The cultural con...

Green coffee seeds from Colombia, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico and Vietnam were sampled for the presence of fungal endophytes. Stions of surface sterilized seeds were plated on yeast malt agar, and fungal growth was isolated for subsequent DNA extraction and sequencing. Several fungal genera were isolated, including Acremonium, Aspergillus, Eurotium, Fusarium, Gibberel...

Seed as a highly-valuable resource is preserved in collections for many years. Although the seed kept under optimal conditions, monitoring of germination and presence fungi during preservation great importance. Therefore aim this paper to examine health status 43 onion accessions timespan 15 years Institute Field Vegetable Crops collection. Germi?nation samples varied from 7-93%. The collection...

Sir, Fungal infections in renal transplant recipients are relatively rare, occurring mainly in the first 6 months post-transplantation. They are mainly due to Candida and Aspergillus [1]. We report the first case of acute septic arthritis due to Acremonium after kidney transplantation. Case report. A 57-year-old man was transferred to our hospital for acute arthritis of the right knee. His medi...

Cephalosporins belong to the family of beta-lactam antibiotics. Comparing the first-discovered penicillin, cephalosporins have obvious advantages since they are more stable to penicillinase and are more effective to many penicillin-resistant strains. The incidence of adverse effects for cephalosporins is also lower than that for penicillins and other anti-infectious agents. Thus, cephalosporins...