BACKGROUND Fungi have a potential of using both as nutritive and medicinal food stuff. Because of containing several therapeutic agents, they are reported to be used for hundreds of years to treat several diseases caused by bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites. The aim of this study is to determine the in vitro antimicrobial activity of Xylaria hypoxylon, which were collected from Yomra, Trab...

We present the first record of Holothele longipes (L. Koch, 1875) (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Republic Ecuador, based on a male specimen collected near Puerto Misahuallí, province Napo, in north-eastern foothills Andes, upper River Napo basin. This new extends geographic range H. by approximately 554 km west nearest previously known locality, Momón, department Loreto, Pe...

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