The demand for natural pigments industrial applications has significantly increased. Penicillium brevicompactum was recently reported as a promising producer using submerged fermentation and synthetic culture medium containing lactose. In this work, pigment production by P. studied under different conditions, namely, with free (SmF) immobilized mycelium (SmFi), solid-state (SSF). potential of m...

Several proteins and peptides of microbial origin are reported for their elicitor properties, which play a vital role in the development of local and systemic resistances in plants. In this study, the efficacy of total crude proteins (TCP) extracted from six different Trichoderma spp. (T. asperellum, T. harzianum, T. atroviride, T. virens, T. longibrachiatum, and T. brevicompactum) was evaluate...

Three Canadian farmers, including a married couple and another close relative, died from progressive pulmonary fibrosis. Their histories and investigations were compatible with chronic farmer's lung (FL). Our environmental and immunologic studies indicate Penicillium brevicompactum and P olivicolor as probable new antigens of FL in a cool and dry climate.

Continued investigation of the marine alga Laurencia claviformis has led to the isolation of pacifenol, a halogenated sesquiterpene as the major metabolite. The microbial transformation of pacifenol is reported. It was cultivated with a marine strain of Penicillium brevicompactum yielding a new compound. The structure was elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data. The anti-microbial activit...

samples were collected from soil and as well from phyllosphere of rice plant and subjected to dilution plate technique on rbsf trichoderma selective medium. a total of 202 trichoderma isolates were obtained from rice fields at different geographical locations distributed all over mazandaran province. single spore isolates were obtained and genomic dna extracted from all the isolates using dna e...

Trichothecenes are fungal sesquiterpenoid compounds, the majority of which have phytotoxic activity. They contaminate food and feed stocks, resulting in potential harm to animals and human beings. Trichoderma brevicompactum and T. arundinaceum produce trichodermin and harzianum A (HA), respectively, two trichothecenes that show different bioactive properties. Both compounds have remarkable anti...

In this study, contamination by microscopic fungi (focused on Penicillium and Aspergillus species) of 75 fruit samples (strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, grapes) 29 tomato samples, which were obtained from Slovak stores was investigated. Totally 93.3% contaminated with micromycetes (70.6% Botrytis spp., 52.0% Cladosporium 42.7% 13.3% Rhizopus 8.0% Alternaria 6.7% Mucor 5.3% ...