Fungal Infection

Antifungal properties and biocompatibility of silver nanoparticle coatings on silicone maxillofacial prostheses in vitro.

Patients with facial prostheses suffer from yeast, Candida albicans, infections. This study aimed to determine the biocompatibility and antifungal properties of silicone facial prostheses coated with silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) in vitro. Medical grade silicone discs were coated with 5 and 50 mg L dispersions of either Ag NPs or AgNO . Coatings were fully characterized using scanning electron mic...

Disseminated cutaneous histoplasmosis with laryngeal involvement in a setting of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome.

INTRODUCTION: Histoplasmosis is a systemic mycosis caused by the dimorphic fungus . We report a case of disseminated cutaneous histoplasmosis with mucocutaneous involvement in an AIDS patient paradigmatic of the multifaceted nature of the disease, which is an expression of the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS).

Classification of Multiple Chinese Liquors by Means of a QCM-based E-Nose and MDS-SVM Classifier.

Chinese liquors are internationally well-known fermentative alcoholic beverages. They have unique flavors attributable to the use of various bacteria ...

Advantages of Synthetic Noise and Machine Learning for Analyzing Radioecological Data Sets.

The ecological effects of accidental or malicious radioactive contamination are insufficiently understood because of the hazards and difficulties asso...

Design, synthesis, and bioactivities of novel oxadiazole-substituted pyrazole oximes.

A series of novel pyrazole oxime derivatives containing a substituted oxadiazole group were designed and synthesized. The bioassay results indicated t...

Physiological Regulation of an Alkaline-Resistant Laccase Produced by and Efficiency in Biotreatment of Pulp Mill Effluent.

Regulation of alkaline-resistant laccase from KU-Alk4 was proved to be controlled by several factors. One important factor was the initial pH, which ...

Novel 1,2,3-triazolium-functionalized starch derivatives: Synthesis, characterization, and evaluation of antifungal property.

Four novel 1,2,3-triazolium-functionalized starch derivatives were synthesized by N-alkylating the precursor starch derivatives with 1,2,3-triazole wi...

Synthesis, characterization and antifungal efficacy of C-coordinated O-carboxymethyl chitosan Cu(II) complexes.

A novel type of O-carboxymethyl chitosan Schiff bases (O-CSPX) was synthesized via a condensation reaction. After the coordination reaction of cupric ...

Antifungal activity of sterols and dipsacus saponins isolated from Dipsacus asper roots against phytopathogenic fungi.

The in vivo antifungal activity of crude extracts of Dipsacus asper roots was evaluated against the phytopathogenic fungi Botrytis cinerea, Colletotri...

Cytotoxic and antibacterial naphthoquinones from an endophytic fungus, sp.

OBJECTIVE: Endophytes have the potential to synthesize various bioactive secondary metabolites. The aim of the study was to find new cytotoxic and ant...

Biocontrol potential of Halotolerant bacterial chitinase from high yielding novel Bacillus Pumilus MCB-7 autochthonous to mangrove ecosystem.

The multifaceted role of chitinase in medicine, agriculture, environmental remediation and various other industries greatly demands the isolation of h...

Identification of New Fungal Peroxisomal Matrix Proteins and Revision of the PTS1 Consensus.

The peroxisomal targeting signal type 1 (PTS1) is a seemingly simple peptide sequence at the C-terminal end of most peroxisomal matrix proteins. PTS1 ...

Mycofier: a new machine learning-based classifier for fungal ITS sequences.

BACKGROUND: The taxonomic and phylogenetic classification based on sequence analysis of the ITS1 genomic region has become a crucial component of fung...

Machine Learning of Protein Interactions in Fungal Secretory Pathways.

In this paper we apply machine learning methods for predicting protein interactions in fungal secretion pathways. We assume an inter-species transfer ...

Evaluation of the proximate composition, antioxidant potential, and antimicrobial activity of mango seed kernel extracts.

After pulp extraction in fruit processing industry, a significant quantity of mango seed kernels are discarded as solid wastes. These seed kernels can...

Antifungal activity of Momordica charantia seed extracts toward the pathogenic fungus Fusarium solani L.

Momordica charantia L., a vegetable crop with high nutritional value, has been used as an antimutagenic, antihelminthic, anticancer, antifertility, an...

evaluation of the effects of some plant essential oils on , the causative agent of Chalkbrood disease.

is one of the major fungal pathogens of honey bee broods and the causative agent of Chalkbrood disease. The factors responsible for the pathogenesis ...

Production of a monoclonal antibody against aflatoxin M1 and its application for detection of aflatoxin M1 in fortified milk.

Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) is a toxic metabolite of the fungal product aflatoxin found in milk. For food safety concern, maximum residual limits of AFM1 in m...

g:Profiler-a web server for functional interpretation of gene lists (2016 update).

Functional enrichment analysis is a key step in interpreting gene lists discovered in diverse high-throughput experiments. g:Profiler studies flat and...

Isolation and Identification of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria from Cucumber Rhizosphere and Their Effect on Plant Growth Promotion and Disease Suppression.

Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are the rhizosphere bacteria that may be utilized to augment plant growth and suppress plant diseases. The...