| the effects of temperature on growth of four high arctic soil fungi in a three-phase system. | the effect of temperature on the growth of chrysosporium pannorum, cylindrocarpon sp., penicillium janthinellum, and phoma herbarum, isolated from tundra soils, was studied. the growth in two systems, glucose-mineral agar plates and sand, moistened with glucose-mineral broth, was compared. all isolates showed an exponential increase in mass (measured as protein increase) in sand and a linear rate of extension on agar. radial increase on agar was shown not to be a good index of growth in sand. tr ... | 1978 | 565246 |
| antigenic activity of emmonsia crescens mutants. | the antigenic properties of 3 uv mutants of emmonsia crescens emmons et jellison 1960 were compared with the original wild strain, further with other 13 e. crescens strains, with e. parva, e. brasiliensis, e. ciferrina and chrysosporium pannorum. for this purpose the strains were used for the immunisation of 70 rabbits. the formation of specific igm-and igg-antibodies was examined in their blood by means of several serologic reactions, and the capability of sensitizing the organism was proved by ... | 1978 | 571532 |
| effects of temperature and fungicides on chrysosporium pannorum (link) hughes. | c. pannorum was isolated in low frequencies and only in the colder months from untreated soil and leaves and from those treated with captan, dicloran and thiram. the fungus was isolated throughout the year as the major species from verdasan-treated substrates and it occurred with increased frequencies immediately after application of the fungicide. the abundance of c. pannorum on verdasan-treated substrates was attributed to the ability of the fungus to utilise the fungicide rather than to the a ... | 1979 | 575973 |
| classification of some gymnoascaceae by pyrolysis-gas-liquid chromatography using added marker compounds. | methyl esters of fatty acids were added to samples before pyrolysis to superimpose peaks of known retention time on the pyrochromatograms. these peaks were useful in calibrating the retention time scales so that peaks on different chromatograms could be appropriately homologized. the study included 3 species of nannizzia, 3 strains of trichophyton rubrum and 1 strain each of gymnoascus uncinatus, g. reesii, arachniotus hyalinosporus, chrysosporium pannorum and gliocladium viride. pyrograms of th ... | 1975 | 1124463 |
| pannorin, a new 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase inhibitor produced by chrysosporium pannorum. | pannorin, a naphthopyrone that inhibits 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme a (hmg-coa) reductase, the rate-limiting enzyme in cholesterol synthesis, was isolated from a culture broth of chrysosporium pannorum m10539 by solvent extraction, bio-gel p-6 column chromatography and reverse phase hplc (silica ods). spectroscopic analyses of the compound yielded 4,8,10-trihydroxy-5-methyl-2h-naphtho[1,2-b]pyran-2-one as the proposed structure. pannorin inhibited hmg-coa reductase and in vitro sterol sy ... | 1991 | 1880066 |
| taxonomic study of keratinophilic fungi isolated from soil and some mammals in france. | in france, most of the researches have showed the distribution of dermatophytes and other keratinophilic fungi in the soil and in the coat of wild mammals. during these last years, we have also practiced numerous investigations about the distribution of such fungi. the isolated species are: trichophyton mentagrophytes, trichophyton terrestre, trichophyton ajelloï, trichophyton simii, microsporum gypseum, microsporum cookei, microsporum nanum, microsporum persicolor, anixiopsis stercoraria, chrys ... | 1988 | 2454405 |
| [keratinophilic fungal flora isolated from small wild mammals and rabbit-warren in france. discussion on the fungal species found]. | the occurrence of dermatophytes and other keratinophilic fungi was investigated in 237 small wild mammals and 125 european rabbit. the purpose of the investigation was to determine what were the species of fungi present in the these animals. four species of dermatophytes were isolated: trichophyton ajelloi, trichophyton terrestre, trichophyton mentagrophytes, microsporum persicolor. trichophyton terrestre was the most frequently isolated and it occurred more frequently than its presence could be ... | 1987 | 3662337 |
| keratinophilic fungi isolated from the air at pavia. | the presence of keratinophilic fungi was revealed by sampling the air of pavia (italy) from march 1981 to february 1982. the species isolated were: chrysosporium indicum , geomyces pannorum var. pannorum , microsporum gypseum, myceliophtora vellerea and trichophyton terrestre . several filamentous fungi tolerating high levels of cycloheximide were also recovered. | 1984 | 6203038 |
| chryscandin, a novel peptidyl nucleoside antibiotic. i. taxonomy, fermentation, isolation and characterization. | a novel antifungal antibiotic, chryscandin was found in the culture broth of a strain of fungi. the producing organism was subsequently identified as chrysosporium pannorum. the antibiotic obtained as colorless needle crystals (c20h23n7o6, mw 457) is active against candida albicans and gram-positive bacteria, but it is ineffective against filamentous fungi and gram-negative bacteria. acute toxicity is very low in mice. | 1984 | 6549000 |
| chryscandin, a novel peptidyl nucleoside antibiotic. ii. structure determination and synthesis. | the structure of chryscandin, a novel antifungal antibiotic, produced by chrysosporium pannorum no. 4629 was deduced to be 1 from spectroscopic and chemical evidences. in order to confirm the structure and to determine the absolute configuration, the total synthesis of chryscandin was performed. d-xylose was transformed into 10 in ten steps. after beta-glycosidation of silylated benzoyl adenine with 10, the resulting 11 was converted into 4, which was identical with the product obtained from chr ... | 1984 | 6549001 |
| isolation of keratinophilic fungi from sewage sludge. | five mixed samples of sewage sludges from 4 wastewater treatment plants were examined for keratinophilic fungi. microsporum gypseum, trichophyton terrestre, t. ajelloi, chrysosporium pannorum, c. keratinophilum and c. pruinosum were recovered. | 1983 | 6685348 |
| temperature and water activity minima for growth of spoilage moulds from meat. | five species of fungi were isolated from mould spoilage on meat other than black spot. 'white spot' colonies yielded chrysosporium pannorum or an acremonium sp.; 'whiskers' colonies yielded thamnidium elegans or mucor racemosus, and blue-green colonies yielded penicillium corylophilum . chrysosporium pannorum was moderately xerotolerant with a minimum growth temperature of -5 degrees c. the acremonium sp. and p. corylophilum showed a similar level of xerotolerance but had a minimum growth temper ... | 1984 | 6725157 |
| antifungal activity of pyrithione against emmonsia crescens in vitro and in vivo. | the sensitivity of saprophytic and parasitic phase of some strains of emmonsia crescens, e. parva and chrysosporium pannorum to 22 antimycotic drugs was studied in vitro. pyrithione produced the best effect on both live phases of the studied strains. the efficacy of pyrithione, pimafucin and amphotericin b was compared in experimental adiaspiromycosis, pyrithione showed also in vivo the best therapeutic effect. it depended on the beginning of the application. the illness did not develop if pyrit ... | 1982 | 6890013 |
| keratinolysis and its morphological expression in hair digestion by airborne fungi. | the morphological expression of keratinolysis in fungi isolated from the air of torino (98 isolates belonging to 36 species) was studied. light microscopy on whole material and on semithin sections, as well as scanning electron microscopy was used. there were 19 keratinolytically active species, with seven in the genus chrysosporium (c. indicum, c. keratinophilum, c. pannicola, c. tropicum, c. an. arthroderma cuniculi, c. an. pectinotrichum llanense, c. an. renispora flavissima), four in the gen ... | 1994 | 7527126 |
| [the occurrence of keratinolytic fungi in the polluted environment of the labedy district in gliwice]. | this study was undertaken to find relationships between the degree of bacteriological contamination with qualitative composition of potentially pathogenic keratinolytic fungal population in soil, sediment and air samples from the labedy district in gliwice (poland). the examined soil samples were characterized by the predominance of botryotrichum piluliferum, chrysosporium anamorph of arthroderma curreyi, myceliophthora anamorph of ctenomyces serratus, chrysosporium pannicola and trichphyton aje ... | 1994 | 7792523 |
| chrysosporin, a new inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase produced by chrysosporium pannorum. | | 1993 | 8360114 |
| keratinophilic fungi in the antarctic environment. | results of a study on the diffusion of keratinophilic fungi in an antarctic environment are given. nine soil samples collected from as many sites along the coast of ross sea, and six dust samples inside the italian scientific base were examined by direct inoculation and hair baiting methods for soil samples and plate dilution method for dust samples. as regards the variety of species isolated and the counting of the numbers of colonies, plate dilution method proved to be very effective. aspergil ... | 1993 | 8413499 |
| isolation of keratinophilic fungi from the floors of private veterinary clinics in italy. | to evaluate the presence of keratinophilic fungi in the environment, 400 samples were collected from the floors of 50 private veterinary clinics using 55-mm-diameter 'contact plates', containing mycobiotic agar. after incubation for 15 days at 25 degrees c, the following species were isolated: microsporum canis, trichophyton terrestre, chrysosporium keratinophilum, chrysosporium sp., microsporum gypseum, trichophyton ajelloi, chrysosporium tropicum, trichophyton mentagrophytes, chrysosporium sta ... | 1996 | 8711896 |
| aerial transport of keratinaceous substrate and distribution of the fungus geomyces pannorum in antarctic soils | > abstract aerobiological sampling was conducted year-round at three sites on signy island, maritime antarctic, between december 1992 and january 1994, and during the summer at a fourth coastal site. the concentrations of keratinaceous particles were monitored. feather fragments were the most abundant of all particle types trapped. seal hairs were also common, particularly on the coast. numbers of both particle types were most common in the air in summer. the antarctic soil fungus geomyces panno ... | 1998 | 9688783 |
| [fungal flora in chicken stalls and its etiopathogenic importance for humans and animals]. | in order to find out the mycoflora prevailing in chicken pens, and to appreciate the health hazards for employees (incl. veterinarians) and animals, twenty litter samples and 6 sedimented dust trials were analysed mycologically. the following results were found: bedding and dust samples all contained between 3.57 and 1.30 x 10(7) c.f.u./g dw. the commonest fungus is a. fumigatus with 3.41 x 10(4) - 1.30 x 10(7) c.f.u./g dw in bedding and 2.70 x 10(5) - 3.30 x 10(6) c.f.u./g dw in sedimented dust ... | 1999 | 10209909 |
| human hair colonizing fungi in water sediments of india. | out of 144 samples of water sediments, 183 isolates belonging to 9 genera and 22 species were isolated. fifty-nine isolates of acremonium, 26 of chrysosporium indicum, 22 of chrysosporium keratinophilum, 17 of malbranchea sp. and 10 of microsporum gypseum were recovered. acremonium implicatum, chrysosporium georgii, chrysosporium xerophilum and geomyces pannorum were reported for the first time from india. | 2001 | 11761148 |
| solar uv-b radiation inhibits the growth of antarctic terrestrial fungi. | we tested the effects of solar radiation, and uv-b in particular, on the growth of antarctic terrestrial fungi. the growth responses to solar radiation of five fungi, geomyces pannorum, phoma herbarum, pythium sp., verticillium sp., and mortierella parvispora, each isolated from antarctic terrestrial habitats, were examined on an agar medium in the natural antarctic environment. a 3-h exposure to solar radiation of >287 nm reduced the hyphal extension rates of all species relative to controls ke ... | 2003 | 12620833 |
| fungi are the predominant micro-organisms responsible for degradation of soil-buried polyester polyurethane over a range of soil water holding capacities. | to investigate the relationship between soil water holding capacity (whc) and biodegradation of polyester polyurethane (pu) and to quantify and identify the predominant degrading micro-organisms in the biofilms on plastic buried in soil. | 2003 | 12807456 |
| psychrophilic and mesophilic fungi in frozen food products. | the mold flora of certain frozen pastries and chicken pies was investigated. molds were determined qualitatively or quantitatively, or both, by preparing pour plates of the blended product and incubating the plates at various temperatures. the mesophilic fungal flora developed on plates incubated at 10 and 20 c, whereas psychrophilic fungi were obtained on plates incubated at 0 and 5 c. about 2,000 cultures of fungi, representing about 100 different species, were isolated from various products. ... | 1963 | 13927344 |
| skin infection due to geomyces pannorum var. pannorum. | geomyces pannorum var. pannorum is an ubiquitous saprophytic fungus frequently isolated from the soil and from air samples. it has rarely been reported as an animal or plant pathogen and it is an occasional aetiological agent of superficial infection of skin and nails in humans. here, we report a case of superficial infection of the skin due to this fungus in a healthy man. the patient was treated orally with terbinafine 250 mg daily and topic bifonazole with complete resolution in 2 months. | 2003 | 14622395 |
| microbiological degradation of a spent offset-printing developer. | to decontaminate spent offset-printing developer polychrome 4003, several microorganisms were separated from the soil that has been used for developer dumping for 3 years. two organism cultures were isolated and identified to genus geomyces pannorum and bacteria spp. these organisms, as well as commercial septic gobbler (sg) bacteria, were used to decontaminate the developer. reduction of both the chemical oxygen demand (cod) and the amount of total identified organic compounds reached 30% after ... | 2004 | 15363529 |
| keratinophilic fungi of poultry farm and feather dumping soil in tamil nadu, india. | soils of 10 poultry farms from namakkal and 12 feather dumping sites from chennai were studied for the presence of keratinophilic fungi. a total of 34 species belonging to 19 genera and one non-sporulating fungus were recovered. sixteen species of fungi and one non-sporulating fungi were common to both sites, eight species were specific to namakkal and nine species were specific to chennai. dermatophytes and closely related fungi were represented by six species belonging to five genera. fungal s ... | 2004 | 15645172 |
| [some micromycetes isolated from spoiled food and soil in argentine antarctica]. | the main objective of this study was to identify some micro fungi isolated from soil of potter peninsula (antarctica), which were involved in food spoiling at jubany base. different solid culture media were used to isolate 66 fungal strains from spoiled food and soil. twelve saprophytic, spoiling and/or toxicogenic taxa belonging to the genera doratomyces, geomyces, oidiodendron y penicillium were identified; eight of them with full descriptions and drawings. this is the first record of geomyces ... | 2004 | 15709786 |
| fungal bioconversion of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-d) and 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-dcp). | ninety strains of fungi from the collection of our mycology laboratory were tested in galzy and slonimski (gs) synthetic liquid medium for their ability to degrade the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-d) and its by-product, 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-dcp) at 100 mg l(-1), each. evolution of the amounts of each chemical in the culture media was monitored by hplc. after 5 days of cultivation, the best results were obtained with aspergillus penicilloides and mortierella isabellina for 2,4 ... | 2005 | 16201028 |
| geomyces pannorum as a possible causative agent of dermatomycosis and onychomycosis in two patients. | chrysosporium pannorum (link) hughes is a soil keratinophilic fungus present in organic residues, on human skin surface and in the general environment of human beings. clear evidence for the pathogenicity of this fungus for human beings was lacking. in 1999, a case of fungal infection in a chow-chow dog and its owner was published, where chrysosporium pannorum (link) hughes was determined as the only possible infection trigger. the state hygiene institute in bratislava repeatedly confirmed the c ... | 2006 | 16603097 |
| [halo- and psychrotolerant geomyces fungi from arctic cryopegs and marine deposits]. | comparative characterization of geomyces isolates was performed. the isolates were obtained from arctic cryopegs and the surrounding ancient marine deposits, from nonsaline permafrost soils, and from temperate environments. microbiological (cultural and morphological) and molecular criteria were used to confirm the identification of the isolates as geomyces pannorum. the isolates from cryopegs and surrounding marine deposits were shown to differ from those obtained from nonsaline soils and tempe ... | 2007 | 17410873 |
| fungal communities associated with degradation of polyester polyurethane in soil. | soil fungal communities involved in the biodegradation of polyester polyurethane (pu) were investigated. pu coupons were buried in two sandy loam soils with different levels of organic carbon: one was acidic (ph 5.5), and the other was more neutral (ph 6.7). after 5 months of burial, the fungal communities on the surface of the pu were compared with the native soil communities using culture-based and molecular techniques. putative pu-degrading fungi were common in both soils, as <45% of the fung ... | 2007 | 17660302 |
| plant community influences on soil microfungal assemblages in boreal mixed-wood forests. | we studied the relationships between assemblages of soil microfungi and plant communities in the southern boreal mixed-wood forests of quebec. sampling took place in 18,100 m2 plots from an existing research site. plots were separated into three categories based on dominant overstory tree species: (i) trembling aspen, (ii) white birch and (iii) a mixture of white spruce and balsam fir. within each plot a 1 m2 subplot was established in which the understory herbaceous layer was surveyed and soil ... | 2007 | 17883027 |
| intracellular colonization of rhododendron and vaccinium roots by cenococcum geophilum, geomyces pannorum and meliniomyces variabilis. | four in vitro experiments were set up to verify the colonization potential of ectomycorrhizal (ecm) cenococcum geophilum fr. (strain cge-4), saprotrophic geomyces pannorum (link) sigler & carmichael (gpa-1) and a frequent root-associated, potentially ericoid mycorrhiza (erm)-forming meliniomyces variabilis hambleton & sigler (mva-1) in roots of rhododendron and vaccinium. a typical erm fungus, rhizoscyphus ericae (read) zhuang & korf (rer-1), was included for comparison. all fungal strains intra ... | 2007 | 18062190 |
| recurrent cutaneous geomyces pannorum infection in three brothers with ichthyosis. | | 2008 | 18489040 |
| antisense-guided isolation and structure elucidation of pannomycin, a substituted cis-decalin from geomyces pannorum. | antisense-based screening strategies can be used to sensitize a microorganism and selectively detect inhibitors against a particular cellular target of interest. a strain of staphylococcus aureus that generates an antisense rna against seca,a central member of the protein secretion machinery, has been used to screen for novel antibacterials. possible inhibitors of the seca atp-ase were selected with a high-throughput, two-plate agar-based whole cell differential sensitivity screen. after screeni ... | 2009 | 19102658 |
| [lipid synthesis by geomyces pannorum under the impact of stress factors]. | lipogenic activity and fatty acid composition of two strains of geomyces pannorum were studied in the course of fungal growth. the strains were isolated from an arctic cryopeg lens (vkm fw-2241) and from central russia (vkm f-3808). the adaptive reactions in both strains towards the temperature decreasing to 2 degrees c involved intensification of the fatty acid desaturation. the degree of lipid unsaturation increased mainly due to a higher amount of alpha-linolenic acid (alpha c18:3) especially ... | 2009 | 19334597 |
| [growth of the yeast geomyces pannorum under anaerobic conditions]. | | 2010 | 21774171 |
| phosphate-independent utilization of phosphonoacetic acid as sole phosphorus source by a psychrophilic strain of geomyces pannorum p15. | a psychrophilic fungal strain of geomyces pannorum p15 was screened for its ability to utilize a range of synthetic and natural organophosphonate compounds as the sole source of phosphorus, nitrogen, or carbon. only phosphonoacetic acid served as a phosphorus source for microbial growth in phosphate-independent manner. substrate metabolism did not lead to extracellular release of inorganic phosphate. no phosphonate metabolizing enzyme activity was detectable in cell-free extracts prepared from g ... | 2014 | 24570323 |
| bioconversion of α-pinene by a novel cold-adapted fungus chrysosporium pannorum. | the psychrotrophic fungus chrysosporium pannorum a-1 is reported for the first time as a novel biocatalyst for o2-promoted oxidation of α-pinene. gc-ms analysis indicated that the main products of the reaction were compounds of a high commercial value, verbenol (1) and verbenone (2). exponentially growing cells (days 2-3) were about twice as active as cells in the late stationary phase in terms of the total concentration of products. the highest yields of 1 and 2 were obtained using three-day an ... | 2014 | 25487757 |
| development of an agrobacterium-mediated transformation system for the cold-adapted fungi pseudogymnoascus destructans and p. pannorum. | the mechanisms of cold adaptation by fungi remain unknown. this topic is of high interest due to the emergence of white-nose syndrome (wns), a skin infection of hibernating bats caused by pseudogymnoascus destructans (pd). recent studies indicated that apart from pd, there is an abundance of other pseudogymnoascus species in the hibernacula soil. we developed an agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation (atmt) system for pd and a related fungus pseudogymnoascus pannorum (pp) to advance e ... | 2015 | 26051491 |
| novel diesel-oil-degrading bacteria and fungi from the ecuadorian amazon rainforest. | isolating new diesel-oil-degrading microorganisms from crude-oil contaminated sites and evaluating their degradation capacities are vitally important in the remediation of oil-polluted environments and crude-oil exploitation. in this research, new hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria and fungi were isolated from the crude-oil contaminated soil of the oil-fields in the amazon rainforest of north-east ecuador by using a soil enrichment technique. degradation analysis was tracked by gas chromatography an ... | 2015 | 26442498 |
| microbial degradation of total petroleum hydrocarbons in crude oil: a field-scale study at the low-land rainforest of ecuador. | a field-level feasibility study was conducted to determine total petroleum hydrocarbon (tph)-degrading potential of two bacterial strains, bacillus thuringiensis b3 and b. cereus b6, and two fungi, geomyces pannorum hr and geomyces sp. strain hv, all soil isolates obtained from an oil field located in north-east region of ecuador. crude oil-treated soil samples contained in wooden boxes received a mixture of all the four microorganisms and were incubated for 90 days in an open low-land area of a ... | 2016 | 27928937 |
| diversity of fungi from the mound nests of formica ulkei and adjacent non-nest soils. | culture-based methods were employed to recover 3929 isolates of fungi from soils collected in may and july 2014 from mound nests of formica ulkei and adjacent non-nest sites. the abundance, diversity, and richness of species from nest mounds exceeded those of non-mound soils, particularly in july. communities of fungi from mounds were more similar to those from mounds than non-mounds; this was also the case for non-mound soils with the exception of one non-mound site in july. species of aspergil ... | 2016 | 27192606 |
| diversity and distribution of fungal communities in lakes of antarctica. | this study assessed the diversity and distribution of filamentous fungi obtained from water sampled from six lakes in the antarctic peninsula. one hundred and twenty-eight fungal isolates were purified and identified by analysis of nuclear rdna its region sequences as belonging to 31 fungal different operational taxonomic units (otus). the most frequently isolated fungi were geomyces pannorum and mortierella sp.; these species occurred in six and three of the lakes sampled, respectively, and dis ... | 2012 | 22671312 |
| extracellular enzymes produced by microorganisms isolated from maritime antarctica. | antarctic environments can sustain a great diversity of well-adapted microorganisms known as psychrophiles or psychrotrophs. the potential of these microorganisms as a resource of enzymes able to maintain their activity and stability at low temperature for technological applications has stimulated interest in exploration and isolation of microbes from this extreme environment. enzymes produced by these organisms have a considerable potential for technological applications because they are known ... | 2012 | 22806048 |
| triacylglyceride composition and fatty acyl saturation profile of a psychrophilic and psychrotolerant fungal species grown at different temperatures. | pseudogymnoascus destructans is a psychrophilic fungus that infects cutaneous tissues in cave dwelling bats, and it is the causal agent for white nose syndrome (wns) in north american (na) bat populations. geomyces pannorum is a related psychrotolerant keratinolytic species that is rarely a pathogen of mammals. in this study, we grew p. destructans and g. pannorum in static liquid cultures at favourable and suboptimal temperatures to: 1) determine if triacylglyceride profiles are species-specifi ... | 2014 | 25209638 |
| draft genome sequences of human pathogenic fungus geomyces pannorum sensu lato and bat white nose syndrome pathogen geomyces (pseudogymnoascus) destructans. | we report the draft genome sequences of geomyces pannorum sensu lato and geomyces (pseudogymnoascus) destructans. g. pannorum has a larger proteome than g. destructans, containing more proteins with ascribed enzymatic functions. this dichotomy in the genomes of related psychrophilic fungi is a valuable target for defining their distinct saprobic and pathogenic attributes. | 2013 | 24356829 |
| phylogenetic evaluation of geomyces and allies reveals no close relatives of pseudogymnoascus destructans, comb. nov., in bat hibernacula of eastern north america. | white-nose syndrome (wns) of bats, caused by the fungus previously known as geomyces destructans, has decimated populations of insectivorous bats in eastern north america. recent work on fungi associated with bat hibernacula uncovered a large number of species of geomyces and allies, far exceeding the number of described species. communication about these species has been hindered by the lack of a modern taxonomic evaluation, and a phylogenetic framework of the group is needed to understand the ... | 2013 | 24012303 |
| the diversity of microfungi in peatlands originated from the white sea. | the diversity of culturable filamentous microfungi in peat and sediments of four peatlands at the coastal zone of kandalaksha bay of the white sea (murmansk region, russia) was studied by culture methods on standard and selective media. annually 100 samples were collected from the bogs 2007-2010. based on morphological, molecular markers and cultural features, 211 taxa were identified. fungal communities observed at the peatlands were influenced mostly by their sea origin. we discovered a large ... | 2016 | 26742584 |
| psychrophilic fungi from the world's roof. | during a survey of cold-adapted fungi in alpine glaciers on the qinghai-tibet plateau, 1 428 fungal isolates were obtained of which 150 species were preliminary identified. phoma sclerotioides and pseudogymnoascus pannorum were the most dominant species. psychrotolerant species in helotiales (leotiomycetes, ascomycota) were studied in more detail as they represented the most commonly encountered group during this investigation. two phylogenetic trees were constructed based on the partial large s ... | 2015 | 26240448 |
| the complete mitochondrial genome of the cold-adapted fungus pseudogymnoascus pannorum syn. geomyces pannorum. | in this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of a cold-adapted fungus, pseudogymnoascus pannorum (=geomyces pannorum), was sequenced. its mitochondrial genome is 26,918 bp in length and consists of 13 standard protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal rna subunits and 27 transfer rnas. the atp9 gene is absent from the mitochondrial dna of p. pannorum. the mere intron present in the mitochondrial genome of p. pannorum is found within the rnl gene, and this group-ia intron carries an intronic orf enco ... | 2016 | 26024141 |
| microbial specialists in below-grade foundation walls in scandinavia. | below-grade foundation walls are often exposed to excessive moisture by water infiltration, condensation, leakage, or lack of ventilation. microbial growth in these structures depends largely on environmental factors, elapsed time, and the type of building materials and construction setup. the ecological preferences of actinomycetes (actinobacteria) and the molds ascotricha chartarum, myxotrichum chartarum (ascomycota), geomyces pannorum, and monocillium sp. (hyphomycetes) have been addressed ba ... | 2014 | 24527795 |
| 2-aminoethylphosphonate utilization by the cold-adapted geomyces pannorum p11 strain. | cold-adapted strain of geomyces pannorum p11 was found to mineralize of phosphorus-carbon bond-containing compound--2-aminoethylphosphonic acid (2-aep, ciliatine). the biodegradation process proceeded in the phosphate-independent manner. ciliatine-metabolizing enzymes' activity was detectable in cell-free extracts prepared from psychrophilic g. pannorum pregrown on 4 mm 2-aep. phosphonoacetaldehyde hydrolase (phosphonatase) activity in a partially purified extract was demonstrated at 10 °c. | 2014 | 24162513 |