Isolation and characterization of wood-decomposing basidiomycetes from the Andean Forest in Boyacá, Colombia.

This study explores the biotechnological potential of lignocellulolytic fungi collected in an oak forest. Fungal collections were obtained from natural reserves located in Boyacá-Colombia, ranging from 2700 to 3000 m.a.

Effect of bioactive compounds extracted from ANDES-F1080 on laccase activity of ANDES-F515.

Laccases are ligninolytic enzymes produced by different microorganisms, especially by fungi such as the white-rot fungus . Chemical inductors have been used to promote laccase secretion due to the application of these enzymes in lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment. ANDES-F1080 was previously described as a source of bioactive compounds that could influence the enzymatic production system of other fungi.

Genetic diversity of the entomopathogenic fungus Cordyceps tenuipes in forests and butterfly gardens in Quindío, Colombia.

Cordyceps tenuipes is an entomopathogenic fungus that infects mostly pupae of several lepidopteran families. In Colombia the species has been reported in non-disturbed tropical rain forests and more recently in butterfly gardens. The aim of this study was to assess the genetic diversity in populations of C.

A phylogenetically-based nomenclature for ().

The ending of dual nomenclatural systems for pleomorphic fungi in 2011 requires the reconciliation of competing names, ideally linked through culture based or molecular methods. The phylogenetic systematics of and its many genera have received extensive study in the last two decades, however resolution of competing names in has not yet been addressed. Here we present a molecular phylogenetic investigation of that enables identification of competing names in this family, and provides the basis upon which these names can be maintained or suppressed.