PURPOSE Patients with acquired immunodeficiency are particularly predisposed to fungal infections. The purpose of the study was evaluation of the presence of fungi in the environment of a ward where Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) patients were treated. MATERIALS AND METHODS The evaluation of fungal presence in the indoor air and on t...

Root exudates are hypothesized to play a central role in belowground food webs, nutrient turnover, and soil C dynamics in forests, but little is known about the extent to which root-associated microbial communities influence exudation rates in trees. We used a novel experimental technique to inoculate loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) seedlings with indigenous forest fungi to examine how diverse f...

In a previous study, we identified a Streptomyces sp., A3265, as exhibiting potent antifungal activity against various plant pathogenic fungi, including Botrytis cinerea, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, and Rhizoctonia solani. This strain also exhibited a biocontrolling effect against ginseng root rot and damping-off disease, common diseases of ginseng and other crops. In this study, we isolate...