background: soil is well known to support the transient or ongoing existence of keratinophilic fungi and potential source of infection for human and animals. methods : samples were collected from 67 sites of university campus like pg study centers, playgrounds, gardens, hostels, administrative blocks, library, bank, canteen and road side for the estimation of keratinophilic fungi using the hair...

in order to investigate the effects of piriformospora indica and trichoderma tomentosum fungi on basil (ocimum basilicum l.) growth under copper nitrate levels, a pot experiment in factorial arrangement with three replicates was done during 2012. treatments were four levels of copper nitrate (0, 100, 200 and 300 mg kg-1 of soil) and four levels of fungal coexistence (non-inoculation control, in...

Subtilases belong to a superfamily of serine proteases which are ubiquitous in fungi and are suspected to have developed distinct functional properties to help fungi adapt to different ecological niches. In this study, we conducted a large-scale phylogenomic survey of subtilase protease genes in 83 whole genome sequenced fungal species in order to identify the evolutionary patterns and subseque...

LY 121019, a new antifungal antibiotic agent, was tested for activity against 200 clinical isolates of Candab and other yeast-like fungi. LY 121019 had its greatest inhibitory effect on C. albicans, and C. tropicalis. C. glabrata and most other Canciida species were not as sensitive. Cryptococcus and other yeast-like fungi, with the exception of a few strains, were not suscep tible to LY 121019.

Infections with fungi and fungus-like organisms have increased in recent years. The presence of a fungus is often unsuspected clinically and it may only come to light in the course of microscopic examination of tissues removed by biopsy or at necropsy. Subsequent culture is desirable but not always possible.A simple scheme for identifying fungi and fungus-like organisms is presented based on ge...

BACKGROUND The objective of the research was to investigate vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels in the context of lipid metabolism and amount of yeast-like fungi colonizing the digestive tract in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). METHODS The study included 45 children with T1DM and 27 age- and sex-matched healthy control subjects. In the study sample ...

From each of five yeast-like fungi and a trichophyton there has been prepared a fraction which appears to be essentially a polysaccharide. Tested by direct precipitation against the corresponding antisera the polysaccharides from the yeast-like fungi exhibit only partial specificity. Cross-precipitin reactions are frequent. By absorption of precipitin on the intact mycotic bodies, however, a re...