paddy straw is one of the most abundant agricultural by-products in tamil nadu, india. itcontains high amounts of cellulose and lignin. the fungal strains were isolated from naturally decomposingsites of paddy straw. eight fungal strains were isolated and later these eight fungi were used for finding outtheir potential for the degradation of lignin and cellulose content of paddy straw. among ei...

presentation of an unusual case of cerebral aspergillosis in an immune competent patient who was treated successfully but symptoms and signs of a demyelinating process following initial recovery has been occurred. a 29-year-old male with focal seizure. brain mri revealed small multiple hemispheric and dural lesions. an open biopsy was conducted. histological evaluation revealed hyphe-like struc...

A major 18-kD IgE-binding protein from Aspergillusfumigates (AspfI) has been purified . Partial amino acid sequencing of Asp f I showed extensive sequence homology (95%) between Asp fI and a cytotoxin (mitogillin) produced byA. restrictus. Crossinhibition radioimmunoassay using murine monoclonal antibody and human IgG and IgE antibodies showed that AspfI and mito were antigenically indistinguis...

Spondylodiscitis is an inflammatory disease of one or more vertebral bodies and of corresponding intervertebral disc, the fungal etiology is rare, affecting mostly immunocompromised individuals. It is often delayed diagnosis by the indolence of symptoms, presenting itself as serious infection may result in important functional consequences. Here is a 69 year old lady presented with complaints o...

MOTS CLÉS Abcès myocardique ; Aspergillose ; Aspergillus fumigates A 63-year-old woman with aplastic anaemia was admitted to hospital for fever and malaise. Computed tomography (CT) scan showed a cavitary nodular lesion in the left lower lobe, which was highly suspicious for pulmonary aspergilloma (Fig. 1A-1). A semilunar shaped, low-density lesion within the left ventricular free wall accompan...

Chemical surfactants are highly toxic to the environment so the Biosurfactants have paying attention by many scientists because of their low toxicity, biodegradability and ecological acceptability. The aim of this present study is to produce the Biosurfactants from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa and to check its antimicrobial activity against several bacterial (Such as Esch...

The aim of this study was to identify the endophytic fungi from medicinal plant Ricinus communis and to investigate their potential antibacterial activity. 10 fungal species of endophytic fungi were successfully isolated from Ricinus communis including Aspergillus fumigates, Aspergillus japonicas, Aspergillus niger, Fusarium semitectum, Curvularia pallescens, Phoma hedericola, Alternaria tenuis...