In dual cultures Oudemansiella mucida and Xerula melanotricha (basidiomycetes) react to the presence of living Penicillium notatum or P. turbatum with an increased production of strobilurin A (1) or X (2). P. notatum in turn reacts to the two basidiomycetes or their antibiotic strobilurin A alone with the production of N-(2-hydroxypropanoyl)-2-aminobenzoic acid amide (3) or chrysogine (4). P. m...

In this study, contamination by microscopic fungi (focused on Penicillium and Aspergillus species) of 75 fruit samples (strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, grapes) 29 tomato samples, which were obtained from Slovak stores was investigated. Totally 93.3% contaminated with micromycetes (70.6% Botrytis spp., 52.0% Cladosporium 42.7% 13.3% Rhizopus 8.0% Alternaria 6.7% Mucor 5.3% ...

This research is focused on evaluating the impact of crude oil and kerosene soil microbiota. The enumeration total heterotrophic bacterial count revealed that impacted with yielded low microbial counts ranged from 3.2 × 106 CFU/g, 105 to 2.6 103 CFU/g while coliform obtained samples ranges 105CFU/g 2.2 CFU/g. fungal 2.0 x 102 1.4 genera bacteria isolated soils belong genera: Pseudomonas spp., B...

Herbal medicines are presently widely used in developed and developing countries for health care due to their affordability, accessibility availability.
 Objective: The microbial quality of selected herbal remedies sold open markets Owerri, South Eastern, Nigeria was studied.
 Methods: samples were bulked according type then serially diluted. spread plate technique inoculating the on ...

The consumption of high-quality Andean grains (a.k.a. pseudocereals) is increasing worldwide, and yet very little known about the susceptibility these crops to mycotoxin contamination. In this survey study, a multi-analyte liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) method was utilised determine fungal metabolite levels in (quinoa kañiwa) comparison cereal (barley, oats wheat), cu...

Chemical, microbial and sensory analyses of processed cashew nuts (Anacardium occidentale) samples commonly marketed in Benin City was evaluated using standard methods. The pH moisture content ranged from 4.9±0.05 -5.6±0.06 3.42±0.05 - 5.35±0.3% respectively. Proximate analysis showed the nut contained protein (32.55 ± 0.00- 35.73 0.10 %), carbohydrate (17.70 0.40-19.39 0.00 lipid (9.18 0.30-10...

BACKGROUND We conducted a prospective study to investigate the presence of microfungal contamination in the water supply system of the Oncology Paediatric Institute, São Paulo-Brazil after the occurrence of one invasive Fusarium solani infection in a patient after Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT). During a twelve-month period, we investigated the water supply system of the HSCT u...

This study assessed the composition of aeromycota at a grain mill and four dwellings (two apartments and two basements) as well as in outdoor air during one year in Zagreb, Croatia. The incidence of Aspergilli from sections Flavi, Nigri, and Versicolores was also assessed. Airborne fungi were collected using an air-sampler and DG-18 agar plates. The average concentrations of airborne fungi in t...