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Aflatoxin B1 production: A time–water activity–temperature model Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Sonia Marín, Laila Aldars-García, Francisco Molino, Antonio J. Ramos, Vicente Sanchis
occurs as a contaminant of various foods and animal feeds and can produce the mycotoxin aflatoxin B that is a danger to human and animal health. Here, we develop models to predict the behaviour of in maize extract agar and maize grains. Growth and aflatoxin B production were recorded on maize extract agar at 20–35 °C and water activities from 0.84 to 0.90. We then obtained probability models—using
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The first evidence of saprophytic Tetraploa on Siwalik (Late Miocene) monocot leaf from western Himalaya and its role in palaeoecology reconstruction Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Sampa Kundu, Maria Virginia Bianchinotti, Mahasin Ali Khan
Even though the records of spores from Mesozoic and Cenozoic sedimentary strata along with spore-pollen assemblages are numerous and well documented, no foliicolus macroconidia have been reported to date. Here, we report the first occurrence of conidia assignable to modern Berk. & Broome (Tetraplosphaeriaceae: Pleosporales: Dothideomycetes) on cuticular fragments of compressed monocot leaf recovered
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First report of fossil representative of Zygosporium mont. With stacked chained vesicular conidiophores from India Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Sampa Kundu, Mahasin Ali Khan
In the present manuscript, we describe and illustrate a novel foliicolous fossil-species of Mont. (Zygosporiaceae: Xylariales: Sordariomycetes) on compressed monocot leaf recovered from the Middle Siwalik sediments (Late Miocene) of Himachal Pradesh, western Himalaya. The new fossil-species characterized by macronematous, dark brown, unbranched or occasionally branched conidiophores with a chain of
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Parvodontia relampaga sp. nov.: A Cystostereaceae fungal pathogen that is the causal agent of relampago blight of woody plants in Florida, USA Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Claudia A. Paez, Jason A. Smith, Karen K. Nakasone, Sladana Bec, Carrie L. Harmon, Hector Urbina, Jeffrey M. Eickwort, Matthew E. Smith
Starting in the fall of 2019, mortality, blight symptoms, and signs of white fungal mycelia were observed on external host tissues of non-native landscape trees as well as numerous native trees, understory shrubs, and vines throughout northern and central Florida, USA. We determined that the fungus is an undescribed species of Basidiomycota based on morphological characteristics and DNA sequence analysis
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Fungal diversity associated with Goa's tarballs: Insights from ITS region amplicon sequencing Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Belle Damodara Shenoy, Rakhee D.S. Khandeparker, Priscilla Fernandes, Ujwala Amberkar
This study explores the fungal diversity associated with tarballs, weathered crude oil deposits, on Goa's tourist beaches. Despite tarball pollution being a longstanding issue in Goa state in India, comprehensive studies on associated fungi are scarce. Our research based on amplicon sequence analysis of fungal ITS region fills this gap, revealing a dominance of , particularly , associated with tarballs
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Dynamic responses of Fusarium mangiferae to ultra-violet radiation Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Shira Milo, Ritah Namawejje, Roi Krispin, Shay Covo
The repair capacity of ultra-violet (UV) light DNA damage is important for adaptation of fungi to different ecological niches. We previously showed that in the soil-borne pathogen photo-reactivation dependent UV repair is induced at the germling stage and reduced at the filament stage. Here, we tested the developmental control of the transcription of photolyase, UV survival, UV repair capacity, and
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Habitat is more important than climate for structuring soil fungal communities associated in truffle sites Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Yasmin Piñuela, Josu G. Alday, Daniel Oliach, Carles Castaño, Ulf Büntgen, Simon Egli, Fernando Martínez Peña, Svetlana Dashevskaya, Carlos Colinas, Martina Peter, José Antonio Bonet
The ectomycorrhizal fungi Vittad. and Vittad. produce highly valuable truffles, but little is known about the soil fungal communities associated with these truffle species in places where they co-occur. Here, we compared soil fungal communities present in wild and planted truffle sites, in which and coexist, in Mediterranean and temperate regions over three sampling seasons spanning from 2018 to 2019
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Investigating the effect of acoustic waves on spoilage fungal growth and shelf life of strawberry fruit Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Bibi Marzieh Razavizadeh, Dina Shahrampour, Razieh Niazmand
The effects of acoustic waves on growth inhibition of food spoilage fungi (, , and ) on the medium and strawberry surfaces were investigated. Firstly, single-frequency sound waves (250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000, 8000, 12,000 and 16,000 Hz) were induced on inoculated medium with fungi spores for 24 h and growth diameter of each mold was evaluated during the incubation period. In the second stage, the sound
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Curcumin: An innovative approach for postharvest control of Alternaria alternata induced black rot in cherry tomatoes Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Chenchen Qi, Haijing Zhang, Wei Chen, Weizhong Liu
Curcumin, a natural bioactive compound derived from , has been widely recognized for its antifungal properties. In this study, we investigated the effects of curcumin on the phytopathogenic fungus and its pathogenicity in cherry tomato fruit. The results demonstrated that curcumin treatment significantly inhibited mycelial growth and spore germination of in a dose-dependent manner. Scanning electron
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Physicochemical characterisation of casings in relation to mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) cropping performance Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Ralph Noble, Andreja Dobrovin-Pennington
Peat-based casings have been used for button mushroom () cultivation for decades but there is environmental pressure to find sustainable alternatives. This work aimed to characterise the physicochemical properties of peat and peat-substituted casings and to determine their influence on mushroom cropping to enable alternatives to be identified. British milled peat and German wet-dug peat casings produced
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Effects of ferulic acid combined with light irradiation on deoxynivalenol and its production in Fusarium graminearum Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Akihiro Shirai, Ami Tanaka
This study aimed to investigate the effects of ferulic acid (FA), a natural phenolic phytochemical, in combination with light irradiation at three wavelengths (365, 385 and 405 nm) on the concentration and toxicity of deoxynivalenol (DON), a mycotoxin produced by . Moreover, this study examined the influence of the combination treatment on DON production in the cultured fungus. FA activated by light
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Aspergillus westerdijkiae growth and ochratoxin A on salami-based media Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Andrieli Stefanello, Alessandra Marcon Gasperini, Juliana Copetti Fracari, Carlos Augusto Mallmann, Marina Venturini Copetti
can grow as ‘golden mould’ on the surface of dry-cured meat products, causing deterioration, and can produce the mycotoxin known as ochratoxin A that is a risk to human health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the growth and ochratoxin production by at different temperatures (15, 20, and 25 °C), in salami-based culture media supplemented with glycerol and NaCl to adjust the water activity (0.85
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Black-carrot drink şalgam as a habitat for spoilage yeasts Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Dilek Safkan, Bilal Agirman, Bekir Safkan, Yesim Soyer, Huseyin Erten
is a traditional drink produced via the lactic-acid fermentation of vegetables (black carrot and turnip), sourdough, and bulgur flour; with rock salt also added. During storage, an additional yeast-mediated fermentation can occur, causing changes in organoleptic properties, as evidenced by the microbe-mediated release of gases. Here, we characterise as a microbial habitat, identify the yeasts that
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Persistent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons removal from sewage sludge-amended soil through phytoremediation combined with solid-state ligninolytic fungal cultures Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Abraham Demelash Chane, Zdeněk Košnář, Tereza Hřebečková, Miroslav Jozífek, Petr Doležal, Pavel Tlustoš
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widely present in the environment, causing increasing concern because of their impact on soil health, food safety and potential health risks. Four bioremediation strategies were examined to assess the dissipation of PAHs in agricultural soil amended with sewage sludge over a period of 120 days: soil-sludge natural attenuation (SS); phytoremediation using
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Microsclerotia from Metarhizium robertsii: Production, ultrastructural analysis, robustness, and insecticidal activity Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Jennifer Lorena García Riaño, Gloria Patricia Barrera, Leonardo Castellanos Hernández, Laura Fernanda Villamizar
Microsclerotia (MS) are considered one of the most promising propagules for use as active ingredients in biopesticides due to their tolerance to abiotic factors and ability to produce infective conidia for the control of pests. Therefore, the objective of this research was to establish the conditions required to induce the formation of microsclerotia in Metarhizium robertsii Mt004 and to study its
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Total transcriptome response for tyrosol exposure in Aspergillus nidulans Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Ágnes Jakab, Kinga Csillag, Károly Antal, Imre Boczonádi, Renátó Kovács, István Pócsi, Tamás Emri
Although tyrosol is a quorum-sensing molecule of Candida species, it has antifungal activity at supraphysiological concentrations. Here, we studied the effect of tyrosol on the physiology and genome-wide transcription of Aspergillus nidulans to gain insight into the background of the antifungal activity of this compound. Tyrosol efficiently reduced germination of conidia and the growth on various carbon
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Xylitol fermentation characteristics with a newly isolated yeast Wickerhamomyces anomalus WA Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Yuanzhen Deng, Xiuyuan Luo, Huanyuan Wang, Shubo Li, Jingjuan Liang, Zongwen Pang
Xylitol is an increasingly popular functional food additive, and the newly isolated yeast Wickerhamomyces anomalus WA has shown extensive substrate utilization capability, with the ability to grow on hexose (d-galactose, d-glucose, d-mannose, l-fructose, and d-sorbose) and pentose (d-xylose and l-arabinose) substrates, as well as high tolerance to xylose at concentrations of up to 300 g/L. Optimal
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Fungal thermotolerance revisited and why climate change is unlikely to be supercharging pathogenic fungi (yet) Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-14 Nicholas P. Money
Thermotolerance has been viewed as an uncommon characteristic among the fungi and one of the reasons that less than 1% of the described species operate as opportunistic pathogens of humans. Growth at 37°C is certainly a requirement for a fungus that invades the body core, but tens of thousands of nonpathogenic species are also able to grow at this temperature. Ergo, body temperature does not serve
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The evolution of complex metarhizium-insect-plant interactions Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-06 Raymond J. St Leger
Metarhizium species interact with plants, insects, and microbes within a diffuse co-evolutionary framework that benefits soil health, biodiversity, and plant growth. The insect host ranges of these fungi vary greatly. Specialization to a narrow host range usually occurs in the tropics with its stable insect populations, and is characterized by the rapid evolution of existing protein sequences, sexual
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Responses to and detoxification of esculin in white-rot fungi Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Raphael Bchini, Sylvain Darnet, Arthur de Butler, Annick Doan, Lydie Oliveira-Correia, David Navarro, Eric Record, Mélanie Morel-Rouhier
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Taxonomy, biological characterization and fungicide sensitivity assays of Hypomyces cornea sp. nov. causing cobweb disease on Auricularia cornea Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-31 Jiangtao Xie, Sibei Lu, Entaj Tarafder, Yintao Pan, Keqin Peng, Xiangyu Zeng, Fenghua Tian
Auricularia cornea is an important edible mushroom crop in China but the occurrence of cobweb disease has cause significance economic loss in its production. The rate of disease occurrence is 16.65% all over the country. In the present study, a new pathogen Hypomyces cornea sp. nov. was found to cause the cobweb disease. In July 2021, three strains of fungal pathogen were isolated from infected fruiting
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Diurnal temperature fluctuation inhibits the growth of an Antarctic fungus Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-24 Kevin K. Newsham
The surface temperatures of Antarctic soils and bryophyte colonies can fluctuate from close to freezing point to approximately 20 °C under clear skies around solar noon during midsummer. However, whether diurnally fluctuating temperatures influence the growth and metabolic activities of fungi inhabiting these substrates remains unknown. Here, 10 isolates of Pseudogymnoascus roseus, an ascomycete that
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Selection and validation of reference genes for normalization of gene expression in Floccularia luteovirens Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-25 Yanqing Ni, Qin Zhang, Wensheng Li, Luping Cao, Rencai Feng, Zhiqiang Zhao, Xu Zhao
Floccularia luteovirens is one of the rare edible fungi with high nutritional value found on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. However, research at the molecular level on this species is currently constrained due to the lack of reliable reference genes for this species. Thirteen potential reference genes (ACT, GAPDH, EF-Tu, SAMDC, UBI, CLN1, β-TUB, γ-TUB, GTP, H3, UBC, UBC-E2, and GTPBP1) were chosen for
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Black mildew disease on the Siwalik (Miocene) monocot leaves of Western Himalaya, India caused by Meliolinites Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Sampa Kundu, Mahasin Ali Khan
We have recovered disease-symptomatic monocot leaves from the middle Siwalik (late Miocene; 12–8 Ma) sedimentary strata of Himachal Pradesh, western Himalaya, India. Information about disease symptoms linked to fossil monocot leaves, however, is lacking. The present study therefore aims to elucidate their identity through the analysis of morphological characteristics of the plant pathogenic fungi (causal
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Effects of fungal endophytes and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on growth of Echium vulgare and alkannin/shikonin and their derivatives production in roots Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Yanyan Zhao, Nebojša Rodić, Marios Liaskos, Andreana N. Assimopoulou, Ismahen Lalaymia, Stéphane Declerck
Endophytic fungi as well as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are known to stimulate plant growth and production of secondary metabolites in medicinal plants. Here, 10 endophytic fungi isolated from roots of wild Alkanna tinctoria plants and 5 AMF purchased from the Glomeromycota in vitro collection were evaluated, during two successive three-month greenhouse experiments, on the growth of Echium vulgare
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Mechanics of the artillery fungus Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Nicholas P. Money, Jessica Stolze, Mark W.F. Fischer
Species of artillery fungus, Sphaerobolus, use a unique, snap-through buckling mechanism to discharge their spores over a longer distance than any other known fungi. Here, we provide new information on biomechanics of glebal discharge by capturing the launch using high-speed video, measuring the force generated by the inner cup that expels the gleba, and modeling the relationship between the force
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The effect of casing and gypsum on the yield and psychoactive tryptamine content of Psilocybe cubensis (Earle) Singer Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-09 Kimberley Foster, Isaac Morrison, Marshall Tyler, Rupika Delgoda
Psychedelic fungi have experienced a surge in interest in recent years. Most notably, the fungal secondary metabolite psilocybin has shown tremendous promise in the treatment of various psychiatric disorders. The mushroom species that produce this molecule are poorly understood. Here we sought to examine for the first time, the response of a psilocybin-producing species Psilocybe cubensis to casing
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Reference gene selection for quantitative real-time PCR analysis of Hymenopellis radicata under abiotic stress Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Luping Cao, Qin Zhang, Renyun Miao, Xu Zhao, Yanqing Ni, Wensheng Li, Rencai Feng, Delong Yang
Hymenopellis radicata (H. radicata) is an edible fungus rich in protein and mineral elements, with high edible and medical value. And reference genes suitable for normalization of qRT-PCR data from this species have not been investigated. In this study, therefore, we selected 11 housekeeping genes common in biology. The expression levels of these housekeeping genes were measured in three different
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Distribution of Cronartium x flexili, an interspecific hybrid of two fungal tree rust pathogens, in subalpine forest ecosystems of western USA Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Olga Kozhar, Kelly S. Burns, Anna W. Schoettle, Jane E. Stewart
Interspecific hybridization plays a key role in the evolution of novel fungal pathogens, and when it occurs between native and invasive species, can lead to potentially serious consequences. In this study, we examined the temporal and spatial distribution of a recently detected hybrid (Cronartium x flexili) of two tree pathogens, invasive to North America Cronartium ribicola and native Cronartium comandrae
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Characterisation of the mating-type loci in species of Elsinoe causing scab diseases Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 N.Q. Pham, T.A. Duong, B.D. Wingfield, I. Barnes, A. Durán, M.J. Wingfield
The genus Elsinoe includes many aggressive plant pathogens that infect various economically important agricultural, horticultural and forestry plants. Significant diseases include citrus scab caused by E. fawcettii and E. australis, grapevine spot anthracnose by E. ampelina, and the emerging Eucalyptus scab and shoot malformation disease caused by the recently described E. necatrix. Despite their importance
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Ascus function: From squirt guns to ooze tubes Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-18 Nicholas P. Money, Jessica Stolze-Rybczynski, B. Eugene Smith, Dragana Trninić, Diana J. Davis, Mark W.F. Fischer
Unlike the mechanism of ballistospore discharge, which was not solved until the 1980s, the operation of asci as pressurized squirt guns is relatively straightforward and was understood in the nineteenth century. Since then, mycologists have sought to understand how structural adaptations to asci have allowed the ascomycetes to expel spores of different shapes and sizes over distances ranging from a
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Effectiveness of potato late blight (Phytophthora infestans) forecast by meteorological estimation in mountainous terrain based on CARAH rules Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Qiang Wu, Yuan-yan Yang, Okbagaber Andom, Yan-li Li, Zi-zi Luo, An-hong Guo
Potato late blight (PLB) caused by Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary, its incidence and development are highly dependent on meteorological conditions. To solve the problem of PLB in mountainous terrain under the condition of limited meteorological monitoring capability, the air temperature and humidity was estimated based on the basic meteorological datasets, the forecast effect of the onset period
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Diverse biological activities and secondary metabolites profile of Penicillium brevicompactum HE19ct isolated from the high-Andean medicinal plant Perezia coerulescens Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Carmen Tamariz-Angeles, Percy Olivera-Gonzales, Miguelina Santillán-Torres, Verónica Briceño-Luna, Alex Silva-Villafana, Gretty K. Villena
Endophytic fungi produced attractive primary and secondary metabolites for industries, pharmacology, and biotechnology. The bioactive potential of HE19ct, identified as Penicillium brevicompactum according to ITS-BenA-caM, was addressed. Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities and secondary metabolite contents using four culture media in Agar-plate (ApF) and Submerged (SmF) fermentation were evaluated
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Derivative of 7-hydroxycoumarin has antifungal potential against Candida species and low cytotoxicity against human cells: In silico studies and biological evaluation Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Paula Lima Nogueira, Danielle da Nóbrega Alves, Palloma Christine Queiroga Gomes da Costa, Gleycyelly Rodrigues Araujo, Alana Rodrigues Ferreira, Ana Paula Gomes Moura Farias, Natália Ferreira de Sousa, Marianna Vieira Sobral, Damião Pergentino de Sousa, Marcus Tullius Scotti, Luciana Scotti, Ricardo Dias de Castro
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Fungal community characteristics and driving factors in Bothriochloa ischaemum litter in a copper mining area Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-28 Yu Wang, Jinjie Hao, Tingyan Guo, Lijuan Zhao, Baofeng Chai, Tong Jia
Among influencing biotic and abiotic factors, microorganisms predominate litter decomposition, playing an important role in maintaining the ecosystem material cycle. Bothriochloa ischaemum was the dominant plant species in China's Eighteen River tailings dam, and it was selected as the research object. We explored the dynamic of fungal community characteristics in B. ischaemum litter during different
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A non-invasive method for measuring time-series of moisture concentrations in mycelial blocks during shiitake mushroom development using magnetic resonance imaging Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Kuniyasu Ogawa, Mariko Yoshizumi, Masanori Abe
The moisture concentration in mycelial block is an important factor for increasing the yield of high-quality shiitake mushrooms (Lentinula edodes) with a pileus of 4–5cm or more in mycelial block cultivation. Here, we show a novel way to measure moisture concentration in mycelial blocks using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The culture medium was inoculated with Hokken No. 607 and mycelial blocks
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Discovery of Formicomyces microglobosus gen. et sp. nov. strengthens the hypothesis of independent evolution of ant-associated fungi in Trichomeriaceae Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Igor Siedlecki, Marcin Piątek, Maria Majchrowska, Alicja Okrasińska, Magdalena Owczarek-Kościelniak, Julia Pawłowska
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Cold adapted and closely related mucoraceae species colonise dry-aged beef (DAB) Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Grzegorz Ostrowski, Danuta Jaworska, Magdalena Płecha, Wiesław Przybylski, Piotr Sałek, Krzysztof Sawicki, Julia Pawłowska
The dry ageing is a historically relevant method of meat preservation, now used as a way to produce the dry-aged beef (DAB) known for its pronounced flavour. Partially responsible for the taste of the DAB may be various microorganisms that grow on the surface of the meat. Historically, the fungal species colonising the DAB were described as members of the genera Thamnidium and Mucor. In this study
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Silencing of Amylomyces rouxii aspartic II protease by siRNA to increase tyrosinase activity Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-21 Jaime Marcial-Quino, Francisco Fierro, Francisco José Fernández, Alba Mónica Montiel-Gonzalez, Edgar Sierra-Palacios, Araceli Tomasini
Amylomyces rouxii is a zygomycete that produces extracellular protease and tyrosinase. The tyrosinase activity is negatively regulated by the proteases and, which attempts to purify the tyrosinase (tyr) enzyme that has been hampered by the presence of a protease that co-purified with it. In this work we identified genes encoding aspartic protease II (aspII) and VI of A. rouxii. Using an RNAi strategy
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Graphene-encapsulated yeast cells in harsh conditions Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-21 Sunho Park, So-Ee Kang, Soo-Jung Kim, Jangho Kim
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Endogenous production of 2-phenylethanol by Cunninghamella echinulata inhibits biofilm growth of the fungus Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-14 Carina Hof, Mohd Faheem Khan, Cormac D. Murphy
The filamentous fungus Cunninghamella echinulata is a model of mammalian xenobiotic metabolism. Under certain conditions it grows as a biofilm, which is a natural form of immobilisation and enables the fungus to catalyse repeated biotransformations. Putative signalling molecules produced by other Cunninghamella spp., such as 3-hydroxytyrosol and tyrosol, do not affect the biofilm growth of C. echinulata
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Characterization of Trichoderma species from forest ecosystems by high-throughput phenotypic microarray Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Arcangela Frascella, Sabrina Sarrocco, Giovanna Jona Lasinio, Alessio Pollice, Giovanni Emiliani, Roberto Danti, Sara Barberini, Gianni Della Rocca
The use of beneficial organisms for the biocontrol of soil-borne pathogens in forestry is still poor explored. In this work, the nutritional demands of 10 previously selected isolates of Trichoderma for the biocontrol of forest soil-borne pathogens have been tested by Phenotype Microarray technology, to investigate about their C-source utilization and exploring the possibility to obtain a microbial
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Study of a Mexican isolate of Arthrobotrys musiformis (Orbiliales): Predatory behavior and nematocidal activity of liquid culture filtrates against Haemonchus contortus (Trichostrongylidae), protein profile and myco-constituent groups Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Jessica Jaramillo-Tlalapango, Pedro Mendoza-de Gives, Rosa Isabel-Higuera-Piedrahita, Ana Yuridia Ocampo-Gutiérrez, María Eugenia-López-Arellano, Gustavo Pérez-Anzúrez, Agustín Olmedo-Juárez, Jesús Hernández-Romano, Jocelyn Maza-Lopez, Edgar Jesús Delgado-Núñez, Manasés González-Cortázar
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Water concentration and rate of decrease in shiitake cultivation log during fruiting body development, as measured by MRI Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Kuniyasu Ogawa, Takeshi Yashima
Large shiitake mushrooms (Lentinula edodes, pileus > 8 cm in diameter) are difficult to cultivate and account for only 3-5% of the total harvest. This study focused on the water absorption process within a log during the growth of fruiting bodies in order to increase the yield of large shiitake mushrooms. Konara oak logs (Quercus serrata, 85-95 mm in diameter, 290 mm in length) were inoculated with
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Visualizing organelles with recombinant fluorescent proteins in the white-rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-17 Kazuhiro Kurebayashi, Takehito Nakazawa, , Yuta Higashitarumizu, Moriyuki Kawauchi, Masahiro Sakamoto, Yoichi Honda
White-rot fungi secrete numerous enzymes involved in lignocellulose degradation. However, the secretory mechanisms or pathways, including protein synthesis, folding, modification, and traffic, have not been well studied. In the first place, few experimental tools for molecular cell biological studies have been developed. As the first step toward investigating the mechanisms underlying protein secretion
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Isolation and characterization of Fusarium spp. From unhatched eggs of Caretta caretta in Tuscany (Italy) Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-02 Samuele Risoli, Sabrina Sarrocco, Giuliana Terracciano, Luana Papetti, Riccardo Baroncelli, Cristina Nali
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The use of Beauveria bassiana for the control of the larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus, in stored maize: Semi-field trials in Ghana Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Belinda Luke, Mavis A. Acheampong, Drauzio E.N. Rangel, Eric W. Cornelius, Stephen K. Asante, Jerry A. Nboyine, Vincent Y. Eziah, Ken O. Fening, Clare Storm, Nick Jessop, Victor A. Clottey, Olivier Potin, Clara Tyson, David Moore, Aram Mikaelyan
Laboratory research in Ghana demonstrated the effectiveness of an isolate of Beauveria bassiana (IMI 389521) from the United Kingdom against the larger grain borer Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae), a major pest of stored maize. The minimum effective concentration, following artificial infestation trials on maize, was between 109 and 1010 cfu/kg maize. Before moving out to village-level
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Phosphorylation modification orchestrates the functionalities of peroxin 14 in filamentous entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Hai-Yan Lin, Ming-Guang Feng, Sheng-Hua Ying
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Fungal spore swelling and germination are restricted by the macrophage phagolysosome Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-08-12 María Fernanda Alonso, Judith M. Bain, Lars P. Erwig, Alistair J.P. Brown, Neil A.R. Gow
Many species of medically important fungi are prolific in the formation of asexual spores. Spores undergo a process of active swelling and cell wall remodelling before a germ tube is formed and filamentous growth ensues. Highly elongated germ tubes are known to be difficult to phagocytose and pose particular challenges for immune phagocytes. However, the significance of the earliest stages of spore
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Systematic screening strategy for fungal laccase activity of endophytes from Otoba gracilipes with bioremediation potential Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-08-12 Laura V. Hoyos, Amada Chaves, Daniela Grandezz, Allison Medina, Jhonatan Correa, Mauricio Ramirez-Castrillon, Drochss Valencia, Nelson H. Caicedo-Ortega
Fungal laccases are promising for biotechnological applications, including bioremediation and dye biotransformation, due to their high redox potential and broad substrate specificity. However, current bioprospecting methods for identifying laccase-producing fungi can be challenging and time-consuming. For early detection, it was developed a three-step, multi-criteria weighting system that evaluates
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Fossil history of fungus host-specificity: Association of conidia of fossil Asterosporium asterospermum with macro- and microremains of Fagus Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Grzegorz Worobiec, Elżbieta Worobiec, Przemysław Gedl, Rafał Kowalski, Danuta Peryt, Olaf Tietz
Fossil staurosporous conidia almost identical to modern conidia of Asterosporium asterospermum were found from three Central European localities ranging from the Late Oligocene (Germany) to Middle/Late Miocene (Poland). Extant A. asterospermum is strictly host-specific and found only on branches or bark of various Fagus species from Europe, Asia and North America. Conspicuous association of conidia
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“Mini-community” simulation revealed the differences of endophytic fungal communities between the above- and below-ground tissues of Ephedra sinica Stapf Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Xi Liu, Jin-Long Cui, Zhong-Ya Zhou, Zong-Bao Zhang, Xuan-Ge Cui, Bo Han, Jun-Hong Wang, Meng-Liang Wang, Yi-Min Li
The microecology of endophytic fungi in special habitats, such as the interior of different tissues from a medicinal plant, and its effects on the formation of metabolites with different biological activities are of great importance. However, the factors affecting fungal community formation are unclear. This study is the first to utilize “mini-community” remodeling to understand the above phenomena
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Sequential application of inoculation methods improves mycorrhization of Quercus ilex seedlings by Tuber melanosporum Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-07-23 Eva Gómez-Molina, Sergio Sánchez, Meritxell Puig-Pey, Sergi Garcia-Barreda
The use of mycorrhized seedlings has been critical to the success of modern truffle cultivation, which nowadays supplies most European black truffles (Tuber melanosporum) to markets. Ascospore inoculation has been traditionally used to produce these seedlings, but little scientific information is publicly available on the inoculation methods applied or on the possibility of combining them. We evaluated
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Fonsecaea pedrosoi produces ferricrocin and can utilize different host iron sources Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-07-22 Kassyo Lobato Potenciano da Silva, Dayane Moraes, Beatrix Lechner, Herbert Lindner, Hubertus Haas, Célia Maria Almeida Soares, Mirelle Garcia Silva-Bailão, Alexandre Melo Bailão
The survival of living organisms depends on iron, one of the most abundant metals in the Earth's crust. Nevertheless, this micronutrient is poorly available in our aerobic atmosphere as well as inside the mammalian host. This problem is circumvented by the expression of high affinity iron uptake machineries, including the production of siderophores, in pathogenic fungi. Here we demonstrated that F
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Fungal microbiota isolated from native stingless bee species inhibited pathogens of Apis mellifera Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-07-12
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Conidial mass production of entomopathogenic fungi and tolerance of their mass-produced conidia to UV-B radiation and heat Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Drauzio E.N. Rangel, Mavis A. Acheampong, Helen G. Bignayan, Hernani G. Golez, Donald W. Roberts
The current study investigated conidial mass production of eight isolates of six entomopathogenic fungi (EPF), Aphanocladium album (ARSEF 1329), Beauveria bassiana (ARSEF 252 and 3462), Lecanicillium aphanocladii (ARSE 6433), Metarhizium anisopliae sensu lato (ARSEF 2341), Metarhizium pingshaense (ARSEF 1545), and Simplicillium lanosoniveum (ARSEF 6430 and 6651) on white or brown rice at four moisture
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Prevalence, molecular and phenotypic profiles of arboreal associated Cryptococcus neoformans in Botswana Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-28 Kgomotso Tshekiso, Daniel Loeto, Mbaki Muzila, Eunicah Seetswane, Kebabonye Kenosi, Mosimanegape Jongman
Mopane tree (Colophospermum mopane) is one of the main ecological niches of Cryptococcus neoformans, an opportunistic fungal pathogen that causes cryptococcosis primarily on immunocompromised hosts after inhalation of basidiospores from the environment. Hence, we investigated the prevalence, and phenotypically (antifungal resistance and biofilm formation capacity) and genotypically (mating type and
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Solid-state fermentation in an earthen vessel: Trichoderma viride spore-based biopesticide production using corn cobs Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-25 J.D. Narwade, A.A. Odaneth, S.S. Lele
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Effects of caramelization and Maillard reaction products on the physiology of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fungal Biol. (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Kevy Pontes Eliodório, Cesare Pennacchi, Gabriel Caetano de Góis e Cunha, Andreia de Araújo Morandim-Giannetti, Reinaldo Giudici, Thiago Olitta Basso