Keratinases Produced by , and Isolated from Human Hair: Yield and Activity.

Twenty fungal strains belonging to 17 species and isolated from male scalp hair were tested for their capacity to hydrolyze keratinous material from chicken feather. The identification of the three most efficient species was confirmed by sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA. Activities of fungal keratinases produced by (strain AUMC 10920), (AUMC 10935), and (AUMC 10937) were 113, 120, and 130 IU mg enzymes, respectively.

Does vaginal douching affect the type of candidal vulvovaginal infection?

The normal vaginal microbiota is a dynamic system that continually fluctuates under the environmental changes and different physiological conditions. Yeast infections of the vagina are caused by one of the species of fungus called Candida (C.).

Characterisation of the metabolites of an antibacterial endophyte Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat. of Dracaena draco L. by LC-MS/MS.

Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat. belongs to the endophytic fungi that live within the tissues of medicinal plants and produce bioactive natural products. The endophyte was isolated from the leaves of Dracaena draco L.

A new enniatin antibiotic from the endophyte Fusarium tricinctum Corda.

Enniatins (ENs), a group of antibiotics commonly produced by various strains of Fusarium, are six-membered cyclic depsipeptides formed by the union of three molecules of D-α-hydroxyisovaleric acid and three N-methyl-L-amino acids. The endophyte Fusarium tricinctum Corda was isolated from the fruits of Hordeum sativum Jess. and cultivated on a rice medium.

LC-MS metabolite fingerprinting and MtSK-based screening of an endophyte Bartalinia pondoensis Marinc of Citrus aurantum L.

An endophyte Bartalinia pondoensis Marinc of Citrus aurantum L. var. dulcis was isolated and studied for its secondary metabolites and for their Mycobacterium tuberculosis shikimate kinase (MtSK) inhibitory activities.

A novel Salifa-Saprolegnia association.

During the period from December 2006 to March 2007, about 1000 freshwater leeches, Salifa delicata, were collected from Al-sont canal, adjacent to Assiut city, Egypt. In the laboratory, 96% of Salifa delicata showed signs of oomycotal infection (cotton-wool like appearance radiating out in whorled pattern) and died within 3 days. Direct microscopy and culture proved Saprolegnia hypogyna to be the pathogen.