The aim of the present study was to investigate anti fungal activities of the fresh extract of Allium ascalonicum Linn. (Liliaceae) against clinically important yeast, dermatophytes and some saprophytic fungi in vitro. The anti fungal effects of fresh crude juice of shallot were determined against 11 isolates of Candida albicans, three species of dermatophytes (Microsporum gypseum, Trichophyton...

introduction: the fungi are found in the soil of all the world. the prevalence  in each area depends on environmental and nutritional conditions. considering the importance of soil in transmission of diseases, this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of fungi and actinomycetes in the soil of different regions of sari and its suburbs in 2002. materials and methods: in a descriptive s...

Common saprophytic fungi are seldom present in Protea infructescences, which is strange given the abundance of mainly dead plant tissue in this moist protected environment. We hypothesized that the absence of common saprophytic fungi in Protea infructescences could be due to a special symbiosis where the presence of microbes producing antifungal compounds protect the infructescence. Using a cul...

Central nervous system (CNS) fungal infections have a high rate of morbidity and mortality that increased during last three decades. CNS fungal infections present a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. High numbers of organ transplants, chemotherapy patients, intensive care unit hospitalizations, immunocompromised patients and haematological malignancies increase morbidity and mortality. Sever...

The ascomycete fungus Fusarium graminearum is a major causal agent for Fusarium head blight in cereals and produces mycotoxins such as trichothecenes and zearalenone. Isolation of the fungal strains from air or cereals can be hampered by various other airborne fungal pathogens and saprophytic fungi. In this study, we developed a selective medium specific to F. graminearum using toxoflavin produ...

Fungi are major players in the carbon cycle in forest ecosystems due to the wide range of interactions they have with plants either through soil degradation processes by litter decayers or biotrophic interactions with pathogenic and ectomycorrhizal symbionts. Secretion of fungal proteins mediates these interactions by allowing the fungus to interact with its environment and/or host. Ectomycorrh...

the aim of the present study was to isolate and identify parasites and saprophytes from fungal affected eggs of rainboe trout.the samples (n= 900) were obtained from six fish farm and transferred to mycology laboratory in stril tubes . the samples were inoculated in cculture media , (sda, cma, gpagar and hemp seeds cultures) at room temperature (18-24°c) . twelve species of fungi isolated from ...

Virchow first introduced the term mycosis for fungal infections. Leber (I 870) first described a case ofkeratomycosis due to Aspergillus and first established an early clinical diagnosis by mycological methods. Since his report more than thirty species of saprophytic fungi have been identified as causative agents of keratomycosis. A review of the literature for the last 20 years shows an increa...