Publications

evolutionary relationships among aspergillus terreus isolates and their relatives.	aspergillus terreus is a ubiquitous fungus in our environment. it is an opportunistic human pathogen and economically important as the main producer of lovastatin, a cholesterol lowering drug. our aim was to examine the genetic variability of a. terreus and closely related species using molecular and analytical techniques. lovastatin production was examined by hplc. lovastatin was produced by seven isolates belonging to the species a. terreus. rapd analyses were carried out using 25 different ra ...	2005	16096690
New species in Aspergillus section Terrei.	Section Terrei of Aspergillus was studied using a polyphasic approach including sequence analysis of parts of the ß-tubulin and calmodulin genes and the ITS region, macro- and micromorphological analyses and examination of extrolite profiles to describe three new species in this section. Based on phylogenetic analysis of calmodulin and ß-tubulin sequences seven lineages were observed among isolates that have previously been treated as A. terreus and its subspecies by Raper & Fennell (1965) and o ...	2011	21892242
the first isolation of aspergillus allahabadii from a cormorant with pulmonary aspergillosis.	in this study, we report the first isolation of aspergillus allahabadii from a japanese cormorant with pulmonary aspergillosis. we performed molecular identification and antifungal susceptibility testing with the e-test. a 7-month-old male cormorant died because of uric acid deposition secondary to dehydration. whitish nodular lesions were present on the caudal thoracic air sac in the right thoracic cavity. histopathology revealed multifocal pyogranulomatous necrotic lesions with numerous fungal ...	2016	27904055