Fungal production of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) is a highly potential approach in biotechnology. Currently the main focus is directed towards screening of hundreds strains in order to select of few potential ones. Thus, a reliable method for screening a high number of strains within a short period of time is needed. Here, we present a novel method for screening of PUFA-producing fungi ...

--------------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT-------------------------------------------------Moringa oleifera having been used as medicinal plant was subjected to soxhlet extraction and the extract was used to find the antimicrobial analyses. The result showed that ethanol extract inhibits the action of staphylococcus aureus 9mm,Escherichia coli 4mm,salmonella tiphy 6mm, muc...

BACKGROUND The Mucorales are an important opportunistic fungi that can cause mucormycosis in immunocompromised patients. The fast and precise diagnosis of mucormycosis is very important because, if the diagnosis is not made early enough, dissemination often occurs. It is now well established that molecular methods such as polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-R...

Herbal antimalarials still remain an alternative to our traditional communities who can not afford orthodox antimalarials. This study was aimed at investigating the microbial quality of six herbal antimalarials using standard microbiological methods. Of the six preparations analyzed, "schnapps", palm wine and water were the media of preparation; the water base preparations recorded higher micro...

Northebaine was identified as the major metabolite formed during the biotransformation of thebaine by Mucor piriformis. Minor metabolites identified are isomeric thebaine N-oxides. Among isomeric thebaine Noxides, the one with the equatorial oxygen attached to the nitrogen is relatively unstable. Resting cells. grown in the presence of thebaine for 24 hr, efficiently converted thebaine into nor...

Mucor mycosis is a rare, fatal fungal infection caused by the species Rhizopus of family Mucoraceae. It has been on rise since advent COVID-19 pandemic due to plethora reasons. Ours an observational study ten cases Rhino-orbito-cerebral form mucor (ROCM) with intention spread awareness regarding significant implications ROCM. Early diagnosis and prompt treatment need hour multi-pronged approach...