circumstances to the outbreak of diphtheria. I, in that paper, ventured the deduction, that the growth of common moulds, penicillium, aspergillus, and other fungi, might under certain circumstances become infective sources of diphtheria. On the present occasion, I will adduce the whole of the observations which constitute the data from which I now seek to verify that conclusion; and the evidenc...

Botrytis cinerea (B. cinerea) Pers. Fr. [teleomorph Botryo t in ia fucke l iana (de Bary ) Whetze l ] i s a phytopathogenic fungi responsible for grey mould, which is an important disease in more than 200 species of fruits, vegetables, ornamental crops and affecting a great number of organs[1]. Grey mould, cause important economic losses before and after the harvest[2], worldwide losses from th...

The term antibiotics [Gr. anti against, bios life] refers to a group of organic natural chemical compounds produced by such microorganisms as: bacteria, actinobacteria, warious types of fungi and some plants and animal cells. Many substances isolated from these organisms are synthesized on an industrial scale as a whole (of synthetic origin, called chemiotherapeutics) or in part (of semisynthet...

The identification of fungi relies mainly on morphological criteria. However, there is a need for robust and definitive phenotypic identification procedures in order to evaluate continuously evolving molecular methods. For the future, there is an emerging consensus that a combined (phenotypic and molecular) approach is more powerful for fungal identification, especially for moulds. Most of the ...

Limitations and Considerations in Air Sampling, Sample Analysis and Result Interpretation for Airborne Mould Spores by Jackson Kung’u Airborne mould material particularly spores are recognized allergens at normal concentrations to an estimated 20% of the population (Kendrick, 2000). It is not always possible to establish a correlation between mould spore counts in the environment and the presen...

The unique antimicrobial features of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are commonly applied in innumerable products. The lack of published studies on the mechanisms of AgNPs action on fungi resulted in identification of the aim of this study, which was: the determination of the influence of AgNPs on the mould cytotoxicity for swine kidney cells (MTT test) and the production of selected mycotoxins, o...