Abstr.-\ct.— New synonymy afforting American Scolytidae is proposed as follows: Acanthotomicus granulatus (Ferrari), n. comb. {^Miinips uncinatus Wood). Araptus dcyrollei (Blandford). new comb. ( -^Araplus insinuatus Wood), Cnesinus adiistus Schedl { = Cnesinus atrodeclivis Wood). Corlhylocurus mexicanus (Schedl). n. comb. {=Corthylus cylindricus Schodl). Corthylus collaris Blandford {=Corthylu...

The increasing level of hazardous residues in the environment and food chains has led the European Union to restrict the use of chemical fungicides. Thus, exploiting new natural antagonistic microorganisms against fungal diseases could serve the agricultural production to reduce pre- and post-harvest losses, to boost safer practices for workers and to protect the consumers' health. The main aim...

Muscodor albus, a biofumigant fungus, has the potential to control post-harvest pathogens in storage. It has been shown to produce over 20 volatile compounds with fungicidal, bactericidal and insecticidal properties. However, M. albus is a warm climate endophyte, and its biofumigant activity is significantly inhibited at temperatures below 5 °C. Conidia of seven mycotoxin producing fungi, Asper...

This study determined the influence of water activity, temperature and their interactions on growth, asexual sporulation and ochratoxin A accumulation in Aspergillus carbonarius using standard microbiological techniques. Results obtained shows that at 35°C, OTA was more produced than at other temperatures while both sporulation and mycelial growth were more enhanced at 25°C. A water activity of...

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of environmental factors, namely temperature and water activity, on genes involved in the regulation of ochratoxin A (OTA) production over time. For this purpose, the previously characterized toxigenic Aspergilluscarbonarius Ac29 isolate from Greek vineyards and the A. carbonarius ITEM 5010 reference strain were subjected to combined tem...

Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a fungal metabolite dangerous for human and animal health due to its nephrotoxic, immunotoxic, mutagenic, teratogenic and carcinogenic effects, classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer in group 2B, possible human carcinogen. This toxin has been stated as a wine contaminant since 1996. The aim of this study was to develop a conceptual model for the dyna...

silymarin, the principal constituent of silybum marianum, is one of the most commonlyused herbal therapies as a natural antioxidant, hepatoprotector and antihepatotoxic agent,in counteracting the toxic effects of mycotoxins. to determine the efficacy of silymarin,the levels of hematological and serum biochemical parameters of 70 ross broilers from35 to 49 days of age in an experimental chronic ...

Problematic fossils Coleolus carbonarius Demanet, 1938 were described from seven localities of the Mospyne Formation (late Bashkirian, Carboniferous) central Donets Basin. Many authors attributed these conoidal to various groups animals, including worms, conulariids, pteropods, hyoliths, tentaculitids, gastropods, scaphopods, and other molluscs without specifying class, as well phyllocarids. Re...

The MICs of amphotericin B and itraconazole for 230 isolates of Aspergillus spp., comprising 156 Aspergillus fumigatus, 20 Aspergillus terreus, 22 Aspergillus flavus, 17 Aspergillus nidulans and 15 Aspergillus niger, were determined by a broth microdilution method with RPMI 1640 medium. No isolate was detected with an MIC of amphotericin B >2 mg/L. Itraconazole MICs >16 mg/L were detected for f...