A potential fungal strain of Trichoderma sp. (WF-3) was isolated and selected for the production of α-galactosidase. Optimum conditions for mycelial growth and enzyme induction were determined. Basal media selected for the growth of fungal isolate containing different carbon sources like guar gum (GG), soya bean meal (SM), and wheat straw (WS) and combinations of these carbon substrates with ba...

Anaerobic gut fungi are the primary colonizers of plant material in the rumen microbiome, but are poorly studied due to a lack of characterized isolates. While most genera of gut fungi form extensive rhizoidal networks, which likely participate in mechanical disruption of plant cell walls, fungi within the Caecomyces genus do not possess these rhizoids. Here, we describe a novel fungal isolate,...

Fungal morphology in many filamentous fungal fermentations leads to high broth viscosity which limits oxygen mass transfer, and often results in reduced productivity. The objective in this study was to determine if a simple, fed-batch, process strategy-pulsed addition of limiting-carbon source-could be used to reduce fungal broth viscosity, and increase productivity of an industrially relevant ...

Fungal sensitisation is closely associated with asthma; however, the correlation between fungi and asthma severity remains unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the severity of asthma in 100 patients with asthma due to fungal and non-fungal allergens. A total of 100 outpatients and inpatients with asthma were selected from 2010 to 2011 and were divided into three groups (mild, moder...

Enhanced prostaglandin production during fungal infection could be an important factor in promoting fungal colonization and chronic infection. Host cells are one source of prostaglandins; however, another potential source of prostaglandins is the fungal pathogen itself. Our objective was to determine if the pathogenic yeasts Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida albicans produce prostaglandins an...

BACKGROUND Tinea cruris is the second most common dermatophytosis in the world and the most common in Indonesia. The conventional laboratory tests for dermatophyte infection are slow and less specific. Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) is a PCR method with the addition of enzyme after amplification, therefore enabling for more specific results. AIM ...

conclusions results of the current study indicated that aconitase was not a suitable target to design new anti-fungal drugs that selectively block this enzyme. materials and methods candida krusei (atcc: 6258) aconitase gene was determined by 5’rapid amplification of cdna ends (race) method and degenerate polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and analyzed using bioinformatics softwares. objectives th...

invasive aspergillosis is one the major causes of death in hematopoietic and solidtransplantrecipients. one of the most critical problems in medical mycology is theinability to consistently make a convincing and early diagnosis of invasive fungalinfection. conventional diagnosis methods such as culture-based approaches are limitedby the insufficient accessibility sensitivity and the non-culture...