BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Soil is the main habitat of saprophytic and pathogenic fungi. Mucoromycotina constitutes a large group of soil fungi, with certain opportunistic members causing systemic infections in immunocompromised hosts. The majority of human and animal infections are caused by the members of the genera Rhizopus, Mucor, Rhizomucor, Lichtheimia (Absidia), Cunninghamella, and Mortierel...

?-Galactosidases of Mucoromycota are rarely studied, although this group filamentous fungi is an excellent source many industrial enzymes. In study, 99 isolates from the genera Lichtheimia, Mortierella, Mucor, Rhizomucor, Rhizopus and Umbelopsis, were screened for their ?-galactosidase activity using a chromogenic agar approach. Ten best producers selected, was further investigated in submerged...

conclusions it seems that pcr-rflp is a suitable technique for the identification of mucorales at the species level. results on the basis of the molecular and morphological data, we identified mucor plumbeus (10.83%), m. circinelloides (9.17%), lichtheimia corymbifera (9.17%), m. racemosus (5.83%), m. ramosissimus (3.33%), and l. blakesleeana (0.83%). objectives the present study was conducted ...

Background and Purpose: Soil is the main habitat of saprophytic and pathogenic fungi. Mucormycetes are one of the most parts of soil fungi and certain members are among opportunistic fungi and can cause systemic fungal infections in immunocompromised patients. The majority of human and animal infections are caused by members of the genera Rhizopus, Mucor, Rhizomucor, Lichtheimia (Absidia), Cunn...

We studied 19 cases of proven/probable mucormycosis diagnosed from 2007 to 2015 in our hospital and assessed the microbiological characteristics of the isolates. We recorded the incidence of mucormycosis and clinical and microbiological data of infected patients. Isolates were identified to molecular level and tested for their antifungal susceptibility to azoles, amphotericin B, and liposomal a...