Plant growth is highly dependent on bacteria, saprophytic, and mycorrhizal fungi which facilitate the cycling and mobilization of nutrients. Over 95% of the sulfur (S) in soil is present in an organic form. Sulfate-esters and sulfonates, the major forms of organo-S in soils, arise through deposition of biological material and are transformed through subsequent humification. Fungi and bacteria r...

Abstract: There are certain saprophytic fungi in the soil able to develop an antagonistic effect against eggs of parasites. Some of these fungal species are ingested by animals during grazing, and survive in their feces after passing through the digestive tract. To identify and isolate ovicidal fungi in the feces of wild captive animals, a total of 60 fecal samples were taken from different wil...

Biological control agents for plant diseases are currently being examined as alternatives to synthetic pesticides due to their perceived increased level of safety and minimal environmental impacts. Fungal biological control agents have several mechanisms of action that allow them to control pathogens, including mycoparasitism, production of antibiotics or enzymes, competition for nutrients and ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Otomycosis is an acute, subacute or chronic fungal infection of the pinna, the external auditory meatus and the ear canal caused mainly by several species of saprophytic fungi. Lamisil (Terbinafine) is an allylamine antifungal agent, that is used both in the topical and oral administration for the treatment of dermatophytosis, cutaneous candidiasis, and the pityriasis ver...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Soil is the main habitat of saprophytic and pathogenic fungi. Mucoromycotina constitutes a large group of soil fungi, with certain opportunistic members causing systemic infections in immunocompromised hosts. The majority of human and animal infections are caused by the members of the genera Rhizopus, Mucor, Rhizomucor, Lichtheimia (Absidia), Cunninghamella, and Mortierel...

Zygomycosis refers to a group of disorders caused by filamentous fungi in the class Zygomycetes. This class is subdivided into 2 orders, Mucorales and Entomophthorales, both implicated in human disease. The majority of human infections are caused by fungi in the Mucorales order; hence, the terms zygomycosis and mucormycosis are often used interchangeably. The human population is most frequently...

In order to fulfil the gap in domestic literature about biotic causes of flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus) decline urban conditions, this paper presents results a five-year investigation most important parasitic and saprophytic fungi on tree species parks Serbia Montenegro. total, 21 fungal taxa were recorded. Within recorded taxa, 2 found leaves, 1 taxon was root, thin branches bark, while 16 tru...

OBJECTIVES The aim was to identify conjunctival bacterial and fungal flora in clinically normal sheep. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Tuscany. PARTICIPANTS 100 eyes from 50 adult Massese female sheep were examined. The sheep included in the study were considered free of anterior ophthalmic abnormalities. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES Bacteria were identified by morphological...

Stemphylium as a monophyletic genus of filamentous ascomycetes, comprises both of saprophytic and plant pathogenic species with worldwide distribution. In an investigation of fungi associated with the black (sooty) head mold of wheat and barley in different regions of Golestan, Alborz and Qazvin provinces, thirty–two isolates with typical characteristics of the genus Stemphylium were recovered....

Lipids synthesized on the skin are crucial to antimicrobial barrier. Skin lipids also facilitate survival of lipophilic commensals in an otherwise dry and acidic ecological landscape. Skin-specific stearoyl-Coenzyme A desaturase 1 (SCD1) knockout mice known have dry, inflamed skin, with sebocyte atrophy decreased synthesis monounsaturated fatty acids, triglycerides, wax diesters. Characterizing...