Many pathogenic fungi are dimorphic and switch between yeast and filamentous states. This switch alters host-microbe interactions and is critical for pathogenicity. However, in zygomycetes, whether dimorphism contributes to virulence is a central unanswered question. The pathogenic zygomycete Mucor circinelloides exhibits hyphal growth in aerobic conditions but switches to multi-budded yeast gr...

In order to determine soil inhabitant fungi of Mazandaran and Golestan provinces (N Iran), some soil samples from arable and non-arable areas were collected. After the isolation, purification and identification of fungi, 61 isolates, belonging to Absidia, Actinomucor, Cunninghamella, Lichtheimia, Mucor, Syncephalastrum and Rhizopus were identified. After DNA extraction, all genera were subjecte...

Y75N mutant Mucor pusillus pepsin has been overexpressed in yeast, purified and cocrystallized with the iodine-containing human renin inhibitor CP-113972 [(2R,3S]-isopropyl 3-[(L-prolyl-p-iodo-L-phenylalanyl-S-methyl-cysteinyl)amino-4]-cyclohexyl-2-hydroxybutanoate] for X-ray crystallography. Tetragonal complex crystals with space group P4(3)2(1)2 were produced by the hanging-drop vapour-diffus...

The fungi on Meju are known to play an important role as degrader of macromolecule of soybeans. In order to elucidate the origin of fungi on traditional Meju, mycobiota of the air both inside and outside traditional Meju fermentation rooms was examined. From 11 samples of air collected from inside and outside of 7 Meju fermentation rooms, 37 genera and 90 species of fungi were identified. In ou...

Disssion: A New Species of Mono-mucor on Chinese Soybean Cheese: NGANSHOU W.U. Concerning Heterothallism in Puccinia graminis: DR. RUTH F. ALLEN. A Use of Journals by Research Men: DR. J. L. ST. JOHN. Functions of Review Journals: DR. CARL G. HARTMAN. ........ .307 Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods: New Technique for Collecting Intestinal Roundworms: DR. JAIMES E. ACKERT and L. 0. NOL...

Biosurfactants are amphiphilic molecules with surface tension reducing activities. Among biosurfactant producers, fungi have been identified as promising organisms. While many studies investigated production in fungal species from the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota phyla, less is known concerning Mucoromycota phylum. In this context, aim of study was to screen optimize 24 strains, including seven...

Mucor is a ubiquitous fungus that belongs to the family of Zygomycetes, though a noninvasive saprophyte in the normal host, it can cause life threatening infections in immunocompromised patients, including angioinvasive pulmonary mucormycosis; a disease notorious for its high mortality. This article tracks the ever-changing management of pulmonary mucormycosis over the last 130 years, and how t...