Rapid methods are needed for detection of molds in foods; therefore, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed. The extracellular and mycelial antigens for Mucor, Aspergillus, Cladosporium, and Geotrichum species were partially purified and characterized. The molecular masses of the mycelial and extracellular antigens, as determined by size exclusion chromatography, ranged from 4.5 x 1...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Given the importance of rapid diagnosis for fungal rhinosinusitis, this study aimed to evaluate the use of nested PCR to identify Aspergillus and Mucor species in clinical samples from patients with suspected fungal rhinosinusitis. METHODS Functional endoscopic sinus surgery specimens were collected from 98 patients with rhinosinusitis from 2012 to 2013. All samples w...

a Chair of Ecotoxicological Impact Research and Ecotoxicology, Technische Universität Berlin, Ernst-Reuter-Platz 1, 10587 Berlin, Germany. b Center for Water Resource Cycle Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 39-1 Hawarangno 14-gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 136-791, Republic of Korea. c Helmholtz Zentrum München German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of ...

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This paper reports about design and development of a novel mobile electronic nose assembly, which is an inspection cum controlling system. It is used to detect and control the fungi growth. The Model is tested in North-Eastern (Shillong) Region of India. The diseases like Aspergillosis, mucor amphibiorum, penicillium marneffei and hypersensitivity pneumonic are caused due to long term exposure ...

Fungi are well known by their ability to excrete enzymes into the environment. Among them, representatives of Mucor Fresen. have important biotechnological potential and some of them produce industrial enzymes. This work studied amylase, lipase, polygalacturonase and protease production by fifty-six isolates of Mucor belonging to 11 different taxa, selected from herbivores dung using solid medi...

The structure of mucor pusillus pepsin (EC 3.4.23.6), the aspartic proteinase from Mucor pusillus, has been refined to a crystallographic R-factor of 16.2% at 2.0 A resolution. The positions of 2638 protein atoms, 221 solvent atoms and a sulphate ion have been determined with an estimated root-mean-square (r.m.s.) error of 0.15 to 0.20 A. In the final model, the r.m.s. deviation from ideality f...

Till now only two species of the genus Trichocera, T. annulata and T. hiemalis, were recorded from north Africa. Herewith, we document seven species from Morocco, which extend distribution of the genus and the family to most southern localities of the western Palearctics in Africa (mountain ranges: the Rif, Middle Atlas and Beni Snassen). The following species were found: one new species in the...

The aim of this study was to isolate and identify airborne fungi from locations in Babol city, Babolkenar forest and a beach on the Caspian Sea (all in North part of Iran) in spring and summer. Of 126 samples collected, the most clinically important isolated fungi were Mucor spp. (18.6%) in the forest, Alternaria spp. (13.4%) at the beach; and Cladophialophora spp. (15.8%), Mucor spp. (11.7%) a...