BACKGROUND We report a case of mucormycosis in a healthy 17-year-old accident victim with multiple abdominal injuries which was caused by infection with Absidia Corymbifera, a ubiquitous saphrophyte in the ground. CASE PRESENTATION The patient was admitted to hospital with massive abdominal trauma. During an 8-hour emergency operation he received transfusions of compacted red blood cells, pla...

A novel dioscin-glycosidase that specifically hydrolyzes multi-glycosides such as 3-O-alpha-L-(1 --> 4)-rhamnoside, 3-O-alpha-L-(1 --> 2)-rhamnoside, 3-O-alpha-L-(1 --> 4)-arabinoside and beta-D-glucoside on diosgenin was isolated from Absidia sp.d38 strain; and it was purified and characterized. The molecular weight of the new dioscin-glycosidase is about 55 kDa in SDS-PAGE. The the dioscin-gl...

Douchi is a type of Chinese traditional fermented food that is an important source of protein and is used in flavouring ingredients. The end product is affected by the microbial community present during fermentation, but exactly how microbes influence the fermentation process remains poorly understood. We used an Illumina MiSeq approach to investigate bacterial and fungal community diversity du...

OBJECTIVES Antifungal treatment of uncommon filamentous fungal infections is problematic. This study determined the in vitro susceptibility of miltefosine, as a single agent and in combination with posaconazole or voriconazole, against these pathogens. METHODS Susceptibility to miltefosine of 34 uncommon filamentous fungi was tested using CLSI broth microdilution M38-A2 methodology. Twenty is...

The objective of this study was to find useful fungi with α-amylase activity from the Korean traditional nuruk for the quality of traditional Korean alcoholic beverage. In this study, 165 samples of traditional nuruk were collected from 170 regions throughout Korea and the fungi were isolated to a total of 384 strains. In order to investigate the effect of microflora on nuruk, α-amylase activit...

Background: Enzyme production by solid state bioprocess (SSB) using residues as substrate for microorganisms is an alternative for costs reduction and to avoid their disposal into environment. The aim of this work was to evaluate the physiology of the fungus Lichtheimia ramosa in terms of microbial growth and production of amylases, β-glucosidases, carboxymethylcellulase (CMCase), and xylanases...

The dark brown anaerobic digestion piggery effluent (ADPE) with a large amount of ammonium generally needs high dilution before microalgae cultivation due to its inhibiting effects on algal growth. Due the strong decolorization fungi by degrading organic compounds in wastewater, process-optimization integrated strategy fungal ADPE and subsequent ammonium-tolerant strain may be more reliable pro...

Background Mucoromycota fungi are important producers of low- and high-value lipids. Mortierella alpina is used for arachidonic acid production at industrial scale. In addition, oleaginous Mucoromycota fungi are promising candidates for biodiesel production. A critical step in the development of such biotechnological applications is the selection of suitable strains for lipid production. The ai...