Cyphellophora and Phialophora (Chaetothyriales, Pezizomycota) comprise species known from skin infections of humans and animals and from a variety of environmental sources. These fungi were studied based on the comparison of cultural and morphological features and phylogenetic analyses of five nuclear loci, i.e., internal transcribed spacer rDNA operon (ITS), large and small subunit nuclear rib...

Phaeohyphomycosis is a chronic infectious condition caused by dematiaceous fungi which usually involve the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis is characterised by papulonodules, verrucous, hyperkeratotic or ulcerated plaques, cysts, abscesses, pyogranuloma, non-healing ulcers or sinuses. In India, commonly associated genera are Exophiala, Phialophora, Cladosporium, Curv...

Retention efficiencies and pumping rates of the four Antarctic ascidian species Ascidia challengeri, Cnemidocarpa verrucosa, Corella eumyota and Molgula pedunculata from Potter Cove, King George Island, were measured. None of the species reached a 100% retention efficiency at any given particle size. Pumping rates of the four species range between 250 and 349 ml /h per gram of ash free dry mass...

Background In the Romanian flora, several species of the Betula genus are present, especially European white birch (B. pendula, syn. B. verrucosa) and downy birch (B. pubescens, syn. B. alba). Rare species are B. nana and B. humilis. In Southern Romania, the sensitization to Betulaceae pollen in patients with allergic rhinitis is less frequent than that to Poaceae pollen. The flowering season o...

Recently a species in the genus Talaromyces, a uniseriate species of Aspergillus section Nigri and an isolate each of two widespread species, Penicillium rubens and P. commune, were reported to produce ochratoxin A. This claim was based on insufficient biological and chemical data. We propose a list of criteria that need to be met before an unexpected mycotoxin producer is reported. There have ...