In this paper we report the results of the microbiological analysis of the samples taken from the mummy from the collection of the Archaeological museum in Zagreb, Croatia. Samples were taken from specific places such as oral, orbital, abdominal cavity and bandages surrounding the mummy, and analyzed in Department of Microbiology and Hospital Infections in University Hospital "Dubrava" in Zagre...

introduction about 500,000 species of fungi have been realized up to now. there are abundant fungi in air, soil and our environment. so the growth of them increases in the presence of air moisture and appropriate temperature. however saprophytic fungi have a wide distribution in nature, they are responsible for decomposition of organic materials and playing an important role in the biogeochemic...

Nine species of saprophytic hyphomycetes (anamorphic fungi), collected on plant debris from two different localities of southeast Florida, are recorded for the first time from the United States. They are: Anungitea fragilis, Beltraniella havanensis, Canalisporium caribense, Circinotrichum papakurae, Dictyosporium micronesicum, D. subramanianii, Dischloridium laeense, Gyrothrix verticillata and ...

Phytoterpenoid isolated from Artabotrytis odoratissimus inhibited spore germination of some plant pathogenic as well as saprophytic fungi e.g. Alternaria alternata, A. solani, Cercospora sp., Curvularia maculans, C. pennisetti, Fusarium udum, Helminthosporium echinochlova, H. frumentacie, H. penniseti and Ustilago cynodontis. In Curvularia maculans and H. frumentacie, spore germination was comp...

Introduction Fungi are eukaroytic, carbon-heterotrophic microorganisms. To satisfy their need for organic nutrients, most fungal species live a saprophytic lifestyle. A small minority, however, has acquired the capability to develop on living plants, often causing disease in the host. These specialists have found a way to negate the plant defense machinery which consists of a multitude of defen...

The morphological characteristics of pathogenic and saprophytic strains of Torula jeanselmei (Fungi Imperfecti) are indistinguishable. Some basic physiological properties of T. jeanselmei were investigated in the hope of separating the human pathogenic strain from common saprophytes in a clinical laboratory. Nitrogen and carbon assimilation tests were not useful for distinguishing the pathogen,...

Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by fungi in the field or during storage; these fungi are mainly saprophytic molds growing on foodstuffs or animal feeds. These molds produce chemical compounds of low molecular weight that are not detected by antigens and hence are insidious poisons with no obvious symptoms. Since 1960, mycotoxins have been considered responsible for diseases ...

Cutinases (EC 3.1.1.74) are serin esterases that belong to the α/β hydrolases superfamily and present in Ser-His-Asp catalytic triad. They show characteristics between lipases. These enzymes hydrolyze esters triacylglycerols catalyze esterification transesterification reactions. synthesize by plant pathogenic fungi, but some bacteria plants have been found produce cutinases as well. In nature t...