| fungemia due to fusarium sacchari in an immunosuppressed patient. | the fungus fusarium sacchari was isolated repeatedly from the blood of an immunosuppressed host. the infection was treated successfully with a small dose of amphotericin b. the strain was resistant to this antifungal in vitro. mics and minimum fungicidal concentrations of six antifungals for the clinical isolate are provided. to our knowledge, this is the first report involving this fungus in a case of fungemia. | 2000 | 10618130 |
| filamentous fungi associated with mosquito larvae (diptera: culicidae) in municipalities of the brazilian amazon. | several species of the family culicidae are important vectors of diseases in humans and other animals. immature stages are filter-feeders of organic particulate matter and microorganisms. studies on microbial diversity can contribute to the discovery of new substances that can be used in the pharmaceutical industry for food or for biological control. the aim of this study was to isolate and identify the fungi associated with culicidae larvae found in different habitats (natural and artificial), ... | 2009 | 19618051 |
| microbial transformation of ginsenosides rb1, rb3 and rc by fusarium sacchari. | this study examined the transformation pathways of ginsenosides g-rb(1) , g-rb(3) , and g-rc by the fungus fusarium sacchari. | 2010 | 20337761 |
| effect of temperature and water activity on spore germination and mycelial growth of three fungal biocontrol agents against water hyacinth (eichhornia crassipes). | to determine the effect of water activity (a(w) =0·880-0·960) and temperature (15-35°c) on the percentage of viable conidia and mycelial growth of three biocontrol agents effective against water hyacinth in mali: alternaria sp. isolate mlb684, fusarium sacchari isolate mln799 and cadophora malorum isolate mln715. | 2010 | 21143713 |
| interactions between various microbes and ginseng botanicals. | three kinds of interactions occur between ginseng botanicals and microorganisms: a) spoilage of the botanical by various fungi (e.g., aspergillus, penicillium, alternaria, and eurotium species) and bacteria; b) transformation of ginsenosides into more bioactive forms by bacteria such as intrasporangium sp. gs603, microbacterium sp. gs514, caulobacter leidyia, bifidobacterium sp. int57, bifidobacterium sp. sj32, fusobacterium sp. and bacteroides sp., and moulds (e.g., aspergillus niger, fusarium ... | 2011 | 21254831 |
| isolation and characterisation of a ferrirhodin synthetase gene from the sugarcane pathogen fusarium sacchari. | fsn1, a gene isolated from the sugar-cane pathogen fusarium sacchari, encodes a 4707-residue nonribosomal peptide synthetase consisting of three complete adenylation, thiolation and condensation modules followed by two additional thiolation and condensation domain repeats. this structure is similar to that of ferricrocin synthetase, which makes a siderophore that is involved in intracellular iron storage in other filamentous fungi. heterologous expression of fsn1 in aspergillus oryzae resulted i ... | 2013 | 23307607 |
| fusarium sacchari: a cause of exogenous fungal endophthalmitis: first case report and review of literature. | a case of exogenous fungal endophthalmitis due to fusarium sacchari is being reported. it has never been reported in this clinical entity before; hence, to the best of our knowledge, this is first report of f. sacchari as a cause of exogenous fungal endophthalmitis and also the first time when this fungus has been isolated from an indian patient. | 2010 | 20972837 |
| gibberellin biosynthesis and gibberellin oxidase activities in fusarium sacchari, fusarium konzum and fusarium subglutinans strains. | several isolates of three fusarium species associated with the gibberella fujikuroi species complex were characterized for their ability to synthesize gibberellins (gas): fusarium sacchari (mating population b), fusarium konzum (mating population i) and fusarium subglutinans (mating population e). of these, f. sacchari is phylogenetically related to fusarium fujikuroi and is grouped in the asian clade of the complex, while f. konzum and f. subglutinans are only distantly related to fusarium fuji ... | 2010 | 20570295 |
| use of mass spectrometry to identify clinical fusarium isolates. | fusarium spp. have recently emerged as significant human pathogens. identification of these species is important, both for epidemiological purposes and for patient management, but conventional identification based on morphological traits is hindered by major phenotypic polymorphism. in this study, 62 strains, or isolates, belonging to nine fusarium species were subjected to both molecular identification tef1 gene sequencing and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight (maldi-to ... | 2009 | 19456834 |
| less-frequent fusarium species of clinical interest: correlation between morphological and molecular identification and antifungal susceptibility. | forty-eight fusarium isolates morphologically identified as belonging to seven species of clinical interest (i.e., fusarium chlamydosporum, fusarium dimerum, fusarium incarnatum, fusarium napiforme, fusarium nygamai, fusarium proliferatum, and fusarium sacchari) were characterized molecularly by the analysis of the sequences of the tub region of the beta-tubulin gene. f. chlamydosporum and f. dimerum were the most genetically heterogeneous species. a high degree of correlation between the morpho ... | 2009 | 19321723 |
| [optimization of biotransformation conditions of active component in panax notoginseng stalks and leaves by fusarium sacchari]. | by using fusarium sacchari, a rare microbial strain isolated and screened from planted ginseng soil, the active component notoginseng triterpenes in panax notoginseng stalks and leaves was biotransformed. taking three main anti-tumor components, i. e., 20 (s)-protopanoxadiol-20-o-beta-d-glucopyranose (compound k, c-k), 20-o-beta-d-xylopyranosyl (1 --> 6) -beta-d-glucopyranosyl-20 (s)-protopanaxadiol (compound mx, c-mx) and 20 (s)-protopanoxadiol-20-o-alpha-l-arabofuranose (1 --> 6)-beta-d-glucop ... | 2007 | 18333458 |
| transformation of bioactive compounds by fusarium sacchari fungus isolated from the soil-cultivated ginseng. | ginsenoside bioactive compounds, namely, compound k (c-k), compound mx (c-mx), and ginsenoside mc (g-mc), were the metabolites of ginsenosides rb 1, rb 2, rb 3, and rc by intestinal microflora of humans or rats, microorganisms, and enzymes, and c-k showed beneficial effects in vitro and in vivo as an antitumoral agent. the objective of this work was to explore an efficient procedure for biotransformation of these bioactive compounds. thus, a filamentous fungus, fusarium sacchari, was first obtai ... | 2007 | 17935295 |
| description of gibberella sacchari and neotypification of its anamorph fusarium sacchari. | we described the teleomorph of fusarium sacchari as gibberella sacchari, sp. nov. this species can be separated from other species of gibberella on the basis of the longer, narrower ascospores found in g. sacchari and by sexual cross fertility. female-fertile mating type tester strains were developed that can be used for making sexual crosses with this heterothallic fungus under laboratory conditions. the anamorph, fusarium sacchari, was neotypified. | 2005 | 16392259 |
| description of gibberella sacchari and neotypification of its anamorph fusarium sacchari. | we described the teleomorph of fusarium sacchari as gibberella sacchari, sp. nov. this species can be separated from other species of gibberella on the basis of the longer, narrower ascospores found in g. sacchari and by sexual cross fertility. female-fertile mating type tester strains were developed that can be used for making sexual crosses with this heterothallic fungus under laboratory conditions. the anamorph, fusarium sacchari, was neotypified. | 2005 | 16392259 |
| dna adduct formation by fusarium culture extracts: lack of role of fusarin c. | fusarium fungi have been shown to infect corn and other crops worldwide, and have a significant impact on human health through loss of crops or contamination of food with mycotoxins. isolates of fusarium fungi from an area of south africa with high incidence of esophageal cancer have been shown to induce esophageal and liver cancer in rats. several isolates of fusarium fungi were grown on corn to determine if genotoxic products were produced. we report the incubation of methanol extracts of fusa ... | 2000 | 11024453 |
| occurrence of fusarium sacchari var. subglutinans and its mycotoxin production ability in broiler feed. | spores of fusarium sacchari var. subglutinans isolated from broiler feed br1 were obtained at an average concentration of 1.5/mg in 25% of tested samples. the spore concentration was increased from 1 to 100/mg of solid substrate (br2; biscuit) or to 1/nl of sabouraud broth after 3 weeks of cultivation. mycotoxin analyses of these three substrates showed negative reactions for t-2 toxin and zearalenone but a positive reaction for deoxynivalenol (don) which was found in concentrations of 5 ppm in ... | 1994 | 8550026 |
| mating populations of fusarium section liseola from rice, sugarcane and maize. | mating studies were conducted on 78 isolates of fusarium species section liseola from rice, sugarcane and maize. from the crosses with tester strains of gibberella fujikuroi species complex, 64.1% (50 out of 78 isolates) were cross-fertile with tester strains of mating populations a to e. the results of the mating studies showed that of the 50 isolates, 19 belonged to mating population a (gibberella moniliformis), 18 to mating population b (gibberella sacchari), 4 to mating population e (gibbere ... | 2011 | 24575220 |
| in vitro generation of somaclonal variant plants of sugarcane for tolerance to fusarium sacchari. | key message : a combination of in vitro culture and mutagenesis using ethyl methanesulfonate (ems) followed by culture filtrate-mediated selection produced variant sugarcane plants tolerant and resistant to fusarium sacchari. eldana saccharina is a destructive pest of the sugarcane crop in south africa. fusarium sacchari png40 (a fungal strain harmful to e. saccharina) has the potential to be an endophytic biological control agent of the stalk borer. however, the fungus causes fusarium stalk rot ... | 2013 | 23090725 |
| rhamnolipid biosurfactant against fusarium sacchari--the causal organism of pokkah boeng disease of sugarcane. | pokkah boeng disease on sugarcane caused by the fungus fusarium sacchari results considerable damage to the crop leading to top rot, the most serious and advanced stage of pokkah boeng, where the growing point is killed and the entire top of the plant dies. in the present study, the effect of rhamnolipid biosurfactant as an antifungal agent against f. sacchari to control pokkah boeng disease was investigated. on the basis of surface tension reduction, 12 bacterial isolates were selected as poten ... | 2014 | 23687052 |
| genotyping and in vitro antifungal susceptibility testing of fusarium isolates from onychomycosis in india. | onychomycosis refers to fungal infection of the nail and is commonly caused by dermatophytes, while yeasts and non-dermatophytic molds (ndm) are increasingly recognized as pathogens in nail infections. the present study was done to delineate molecular epidemiology of fusarium onychomycosis in india. five hundred nail samples of indian patients clinically suspected of onychomycosis were subjected to direct microscopy and fungal culture. representative fusarium isolates were further identified to ... | 2016 | 27138574 |
| fusarium sacchari, a cause of mycotic keratitis among sugarcane farmers - a series of four cases from north india. | the two most common filamentous fungi causing mycotic keratitis are aspergillus and fusarium spp. around 70 fusarium spp. are involved in causing human infections. in this study, four cases of keratitis in sugarcane farmers in india are being reported, caused by the sugar cane pathogen fusarium sacchari, a species of the fusarium fujikuroi species complex. fusarial keratitis was established by potassium hydroxide/calcofluor white wet mounts and fungal culture of corneal scrapings on conventional ... | 2016 | 27292696 |
| in vitro combinations of natamycin with voriconazole, itraconazole and micafungin against clinical fusarium strains causing keratitis. | fusarium species cause a broad spectrum of infections, from superficial to disseminated disease. because fusarium species are intrinsically resistant to most antifungal drugs, new approaches are needed. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the in vitro combination of natamycin with currently used antifungal drugs. | 2016 | 26702918 |