Publications

human infection by rhizopus azygosporus and the occurrence of azygospores in zygomycetes.	fungal isolates from the peritoneal cavity, kidney and liver, respectively, of three premature australian babies are described as rhizopus azygosporus. all three babies died. this is the first report as far as we know of the isolation of this fungus from human infections. it has previously been isolated only from indonesian tempeh. the source of these infections was not determined. rhizopus azygosporus is closely related to r. microsporus var. microsporus, var. rhizopodiformis and var. chinensis ...	1996	8803801
the first case of cutaneous mucormycosis caused by rhizopus azygosporus.	a rapidly enlarging leg ulcer appeared in a 54-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus receiving aggressive immunosuppressive therapy. skin biopsy revealed proliferation of hyphae in the midst of a neutrophilic abscess. culture yielded rhizopus azygosporus. as no organ involvement was detected by thorough examination, the patient was diagnosed as having primary cutaneous mucormycosis. although intravenous amphotericin b therapy seemed to be very effective, it had to be discontinued due ...	2005	16086761
distribution profiles of isoflavone isomers in black bean kojis prepared with various filamentous fungi.	this study was conducted to compare the transformation of both isoflavone derivatives (aglycones, beta-glucosides, and acetyl and malonyl gluclucosides) and beta-glucosidase activity in kojis fermented with various generally recognized as safe filamentous fungi including aspergillus awamori, aspergillus oryzae, aspergillus sojae, rhizopus azygosporus, and rhizopus sp. no. 2. solid fermentation was performed to prepare the kojis by inoculating the steamed black beans with starter organism and cul ...	2006	16478253
mutagenic and antimutagenic effects of methanol extracts of unfermented and fermented black soybeans.	in this study, solid fermentation of steamed black soybean with various gras (generally recognized as safe) filamentious-fungi including aspergillus awamori, aspergillus oryzae bcrc 30222, aspergillus sojae bcrc 30103, rhizopus azygosporus bcrc 31158 and rhizopus sp. no. 2 was performed. mutagenicity and antimutagenicity of the methanol extracts of unfermented and fermented steamed black soybeans against 4-nitroquinoline-n-oxide (4-nqo), a direct mutagen and benzo[a]pyrene (b[a]p), an indirect m ...	2007	17628128
solid-state fermentation with fungi to enhance the antioxidative activity, total phenolic and anthocyanin contents of black bean.	in the present study, solid-state fermentation of black bean with various gras filamentous fungi including aspergillus awamori, aspergillus oryzae, aspergillus sojae, rhizopus azygosporus and rhizopus sp. no. 2 was preformed to prepared koji. mycelial propagation of starter organisms and antioxidative activity, including alpha-alpha-diphenyl-2-picyl-hydoxyl (dpph) radicals, fe2+-chelating ability, and reducing activity, were examined. depending upon the starter organism, various amounts of mycel ...	2008	18031859
application of a multiplex suspension array for rapid and simultaneous identification of clinically important mold pathogens.	we have developed a microsphere-based suspension array (msa) for the identification of 23 medically important mold pathogens including aspergillus spp., fusarium spp., mucor spp., rhizopus spp., rhizomucor pusillus, penicillium marneffei, saksenaea vasiformis, apophysomyces elegans, lichtheimia corymbifer, and syncephalastrum racemosum. twenty-one oligonucleotide probes were designed based on the internal transcribed spacer (its2) region for species level identification of molds. among the 21 pr ...	2012	22771862
gastrointestinal mucormycosis following a streptococcus pyogenes toxic shock syndrome in a previously healthy patient: a case report.	mucormycosis is an uncommon opportunistic infection and the gastrointestinal form is the rarest. rhizopus sp. is the most frequent pathogen and infection occurs almost exclusively in immunocompromised patients. we describe the first case of intestinal mucormycosis occurring after a streptococcus pyogenes toxic shock syndrome in a previously healthy patient caused by rhizopus microsporus var. azygosporus.	2012	22900216
metabolism of quercetin and naringenin by food-grade fungal inoculum, rhizopus azygosporus yuan et jong (atcc 48108).	rhizopus azygosporus yuan et jong (atcc 48108), a starter culture for fermented soybean tempeh, produces β-glucosidases that cleave flavonoid glycosides into aglycones during fermentation. however, recent data suggest that fermentation of a flavonoid glycoside-rich extract with this strain did not result in the production of aglycones. thus, in this paper, flavonoid metabolism of this strain was investigated. incubation of flavonoid aglycones, naringenin and quercetin, with r. azygosporus result ...	2016	27960283