deep-seated fungal infection present with non specific symptoms and involove a large number of different organisms. dna-based technology offers for eariler detection of fungal pathogens and then earlier initiation of antifungal therapy. in this study universal primers common to almost all fungi were used to amplification of internal transcribe spacer 1 and 2 region. subsequent restriction enzym...

a study was carried out on totally chlorine-free (tcf) bleachability of dimethyl formamide (dmf) treated bagasse pulps exposed to cz-3 and fp 90031-sp strains of white-rot fungus ceriporiopsis subvermispora. this process involved an oxygen and peroxide stage bleaching sequence. the effect of enzymatic stage on bleachability properties was studied and compared with control pulps, processed witho...

Fungal cellulases offer advantages of a secreted enzyme complex and relative easiness and economy of producing enzyme. Considerable amount of work has been done on fungal cellulases, especially with resurgence of interest in biomass-ethanol and concept of bio-refineries. Significant information has also been gained on basic biology of organisms producing cellulases, and in process development f...

Article Type: Full Length Research Article This research highlighted the production of cellulase enzyme from isolated fungal strains and used this enzyme as potential refining agent in manufacturing security paper from cotton comber pulp. Twenty three fungal strains were isolated from soil samples collected from nearby wood based paper mill and screened for cellulolytic activity by Congo red pl...

Background: The use of narcotics such as opium exposes addicts as susceptible targets of different diseases so that they might easily be exposed to different diseases such as fungal infections. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of addiction to opium and fungal infection on plasma levels of certain cytokines including interleukin-4 (IL-4), IL-6, IL-17, Interferon gamma (IFN-γ) a...

The FungalWeb Ontology aims to support the data integration needs of enzyme biotechnology from inception to product roll. Serving as a knowledgebase for decision support, the conceptualization seeks to link fungal species with enzymes, enzyme substrates, enzyme classifications, enzyme modifications, enzyme related intellectual property, enzyme retail and applications. The ontology, developed in...