Despite routine vaccination programs against Newcastle disease (ND), sporadic cases have occasionally occurred that remain a constant threat to commercial poultry. Ten isolates of Newcastle disease viruses (NDV) from infected broiler chicken cases were obtained from various locations in Fars province during 2009-2011 and genetically analyzed using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction...

CASAS-CAMPILLO, C. (Syntex, S.A., Mexico, D.F., Mexico), AND M. BAUTISTA. Microbiological aspects in the hydroxylation of estrogens by Fusarium moniliforme. Appl. Microbiol. 13:977-984. 1965.-A strain of Fusarium moniliforme (IH4), isolated from soil, showed outstanding enzymatic abilities to hydroxylate a number of estrogens. Estrone and estradiol were transformed into the 15a-hydroxy derivati...

Fusariosis is an emerging opportunistic mycosis against which currently used antifungals have limited activity. Here, we investigated the in vitro activities of pentamidine (PNT) against 10 clinical isolates of Fusarium species (five Fusarium solani isolates and five non-F. solani isolates) by using the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards microdilution method in three different...

In 2003–2006, micromycetes – potential producers of mycotoxins – were detected and their taxonomic dependence as well as ability to produce toxins under various growth conditions were assessed. Accumulation regularities of toxin-producing micromycetes in vegetables, fruit, berries, herbs, grain, seeds and their products were found out. Factors determining fungal abilities to produce various tox...

Some members of the familyClavicipitaceae are endophytic and have mutualistic relationship with the plant family Poaceae. Their relationship is beneficial for both host and fungus. In the present investigation, endophytic fungi were isolated from seed and leaf sheath of hosts Festuca arundinacea, F. ovina, F. pratensis, Bromus tomentellus, Melica persica and Lolium prenne. Morphological charact...

BACKGROUND We aimed to describe morphological and morphometrical characteristics of Fasciola spp. in livestock from Ardabil Province, Northwest Iran. METHODS Forty adult flukes were collected from different definitive hosts (cattle and sheep). Previously specimens were identified as F. hepatica or F. gigantica based on PCR-RFLP of the ITS-1 region with RsaI enzyme. We identified Fasciola spp....

An indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) which uses monoclonal antibody as solid-phase immunosorbent was developed to measure specific polypeptides of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The assay was used to examine 43 nasopharyngeal (NP) aspirates from RSV-positive infants that had been examined previously for RSV by culture, direct immunofluorescence, and polyclonal antibody ELIS...

Fusarium solain is the most important pathogen of huge range of plant hosts, especially potato in the word, which causes tuber rot in storage and root rot of potato plants in fields. Fifty four isolates from potato, bean, chickpea and cucurbit (melon, watermelon and cucumber) was subjected in a study through analysis of vegetative compatibility groups (VCGs) and rep-PCR DNA fingerprinting. Nit ...

Five Fusarium graminearum and 12 F. culmorum isolates, primarily pathogenic species of Fusarium head blight, were obtained from naturally infected wheat from various agro-ecological regions of Turkey. Genotyping of the isolates was carried out using random-amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD). Sixty-five 10-mer oligonucleotide primers were used to amplify the RAPD markers. Among them, 50 primers pr...