Alkaline cellulase producing fungi were isolated from soils of an undisturbed rain forest of Peru. The soil dilution plate method was used for the enumeration and isolation of fast growing cellulolytic fungi on an enriched selective medium. Eleven out of 50 different morphological colonies were finally selected by using the plate clearing assay with CMC as substrate at different pH values. All ...

Antibacterial and antifungal properties of wax and hexane extracts of Citrus spp. peels were tested using bioautographic and microdilution techniques against three plant pathogenic fungi (Penicillium digitatum, Curvularia sp., and Colletotrichum sp.), two human pathogens (Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Microsporum canis), and two opportunistic bacteria (Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aure...

Seed health testing by studying the seed-borne fungi of soybean seeds is an important step in the management of the seed-borne diseases. In the present study seed-borne fungi was studied by using agar plate method. A number of seed-borne fungal species was isolated from the agar plate. These seed-borne fungal sps. were Aspergillus niger, A. flavus, A. fumigatus, Chaetomium globosum, Curvularia ...

A new tetramic acid glycoside, aurantoside K, was isolated from a marine sponge belonging to the genus Melophlus. The structure of the compound was elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analysis (¹H NMR, ¹H-¹H COSY, HSQC, and HMBC, as well as high-resolution ESILCMS). Aurantoside K did not show any significant activity in antimalarial, antibacterial, or HCT-116 cytotoxicity assays, but exhib...

Cendawan terbawa benih padi adalah cendawan yang dibawa oleh secara internal maupun eksternal berpotensi untuk menyebabkan penyakit tanaman padi. Penelitian ini bertujuan mendapatkan jenis patogen tebawa dilaksanakan di Laboratorium Proteksi Tanaman, Fakultas Pertanian, Universitas Bengkulu. Metode penelitian meliputi pengambilan padi, isolasi pada media PDA (Potato Dextrose Agar), dan identifi...

Fungal isolates obtained from soil were used for degrading chlorpyrifos (CP) and TCP. The percentage degradation ranged from 69.4 to 89.8 for CP and 62.2 to 92.6 for TCP after one week. The values of K(s) and V(max) were different for different isolates. The K(s) ranged from 66.66 to 169.5mg/L and V(max) from 6.56 to 40.4 mg/L/d for CP and from 53.19 to 163.9 mg/L and 3.41 to 40.40 mg/L/d, resp...

Methods Air samples were collected during loading/unloading of stored food grains in a godown with the help of Rotorod sampler, UK on petroleum jelly coated tape at 2900 rpm for 30 minutes, the tapes were then directly inoculated on Sabouraud’s dextrose media for isolation of fungi by imprint smear. Most of the collected samples yield Aspergillus sp., Rhizopus sp., Penicillium sp., Mucor sp. an...