Large-scale genome comparisons have shown that no gene sets are shared exclusively by both Aspergillus fumigatus and any other human pathogen sequenced to date, such as Candida or Cryptococcus species. By contrast, and in agreement with the environmental occurrence of this fungus in decaying vegetation, the enzymatic machinery required by a fungus to colonize plant substrates has been found in ...

Adler, H. E. (University of California, Davis), M. Shifrine, and Herrad Ortmayer. Mycoplasma inocuum sp. n., a saprophyte from chickens. J. Bacteriol. 82:239-240. 1961.-A new species of Mycoplasma was isolated from the infraorbital sinuses of chickens. The organism, a saprophyte, differs from all known mycoplasmas of avian origin. A description of this isolate is given. It has been named Mycopl...

onychomycosis is the fungal infection of the nails with worldwide occurrence, caused by various species of dermatophytes, yeasts and molds. in addition, of pain and physical effect of onychomycosis that may interfere with individual’s personal and professional life, it may also causes negative psychosocial consequences in patients. concerning increase of onychomycosis during recent decades and ...

The genus Citrobacter has long been recognized as a saprophyte in the alimentary tract of man (Wilson and Miles, 1964), but its role as a pathogen has been questioned. It is frequently cultured together with other organisms in mixed growths from wounds, urines, and sputa from adults, when it is usually an unimportant saprophyte. We present evidence showing that this organism can be pathogenic, ...

Fungi constitute a highly versatile group of eukaryotic carbonheterotrophic organisms that have successfully occupied most natural habitats. The vast majority of fungi are strict saprophytes; <10% of the *lOO,OOO known fungal sp-ecies are able to colonize plants, and an even smaller fraction of these are to a plant pathogen? Second, what mechanisms control the degree of virulence on the host on...

the objective of this study was to investigate fungal flora of the hair coat of domestic golden hamsterswith and without skin lesions. sixty hamsters were examined in the small animal teaching hospitalof the faculty of veterinary medicine, ferdowsi university of mashhad, and mashhad, iran. asteriletoothbrush was used for sample collection, from the entire body of the hamsters, all skin lesions ...