Current literature accepts 17 species in Penicillium section Sclerotiora. Several produce colonies in bright yellow to orange colours and have monoverticillate conidiophores, apart from P. herquei, P. malachiteum and P. nodositatum, which are biverticillate. The focus of this paper is to refine the concepts of the species currently accepted in the section and introduce five new species, named a...

Two distinct partitiviruses, Penicillium stoloniferum viruses S and F, can be isolated from the fungus Penicillium stoloniferum. The bisegmented dsRNA genomes of these viruses are separately packaged in icosahedral capsids containing 120 coat-protein subunits. We used transmission electron cryomicroscopy and three-dimensional image reconstruction to determine the structure of Penicillium stolon...

prenylated indole alkaloids that are secondary metabolites produced by Penicillium sp. and Aspergillus sp. fungi. This review will cover both the biosynthesis as well as the chemical synthesis of this family of natural products. Particular emphasis will be placed on the provocative hypothesis that the core bicyclo[2.2.2]diazaoctan ring system, which is common to this entire family, is formed by...

Several species of the family Culicidae are important vectors of diseases in humans and other animals. Immature stages are filter-feeders of organic particulate matter and microorganisms. Studies on microbial diversity can contribute to the discovery of new substances that can be used in the pharmaceutical industry for food or for biological control. The aim of this study was to isolate and ide...

Fungi are ubiquitous and their spores found in the air outside within built environment. We investigated fungal species present a teaching laboratory at Shepherd University. Airborne fungi were captured passively three sites on two different culture media. Viable isolated to pure then identified by DNA barcode using internal transcribed spacer region of ribosomal DNA. Twenty-four isolates order...

the interest in plants antimicrobial properties has been revived because of the current problems associated with the use of antibiotics. nowadays, the fact that microorganisms tend to develop drug resistance, besides the side effects of certain antibiotics has offered considerable potentials for the development of new effective antifungal and antioxidant agents; medicinal plants are prolific so...