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11 February 2026

Blueberry rust disease is caused by the fungal pathogen Pucciniastrum minimum (syn. Thekopsora minima). Despite its importance as a plant pathogen, there are relatively few published studies on P. minimum. This study investigated and refined methodol...

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Breaking the Chain of Infection: A Systematic Review of Environmental Decontamination of Candidozyma auris (2017–2025)

  • Aristotelis Papadimitriou,
  • Lida-Paraskevi Drosopoulou,
  • Maria Tseroni,
  • Flora V. Kontopidou,
  • Athanasios Tsakris and
  • Georgia Vrioni

11 February 2026

Candidozyma auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast that readily contaminates healthcare environments, persisting on dry surfaces and enabling transmission and difficult-to-control outbreaks. A systematic review of environmental hygiene interv...

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11 February 2026

Cadmium (Cd) contamination in agricultural soils severely impairs plant growth, disrupts microbial communities, and threatens food safety due to its high toxicity and mobility. Conventional remediation methods are often expensive and environmentally...

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Fatty Acid Profiling Identification Method of Emerging Fungal Pathogen Candidozyma auris (Formally Candida auris)

  • Thu Huynh,
  • Flora Bohner,
  • Adiyadolgor Turbat,
  • György Sipos,
  • Attila Gácser,
  • Csaba Vágvölgyi,
  • Tamás Papp,
  • Mónika Varga and
  • András Szekeres

11 February 2026

The species Candidozyma auris (formerly known as Candida auris) can be subdivided into four major and two minor clades. It is considered an emerging multidrug-resistant pathogen that causes invasive outbreaks around the world. Therefore, the accurate...

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Optimizing Antifungal Use Through Interdisciplinary Intervention in the Hematology Unit

  • Maria Alejandra Caro Flautero,
  • Maria Camila Rubio,
  • Edgar Fabián Manrique-Hernández,
  • Jeimy Lorena León,
  • Olga Daniela Vega Jiménez,
  • Paola Cristina Álvarez Mantilla,
  • Pilar Rivas-Pinedo,
  • Alejandra Mendoza-Monsalve,
  • Maricel Licht-Ardila and
  • Carlos Augusto Solórzano
  • + 1 author

11 February 2026

Invasive fungal infections are frequent complications in patients with hematologic malignancies due to immunosuppression and intensive treatments. In Colombia, limited diagnostic availability, heterogeneous prescribing practices, and emerging antifun...

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Fungi and Stone Heritage Conservation: Friend, Foe, or a Bit of Both

  • Diana S. Paiva,
  • Luís Fernandes and
  • António Portugal

11 February 2026

The presence of lithobionts has historically been associated with biodeterioration, posing significant challenges to the conservation of culturally and historically significant stone heritage. This perception stems from abundant evidence of their rol...

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11 February 2026

Monascus spp. are renowned for producing valuable Monascus azaphilone pigments (MonAzPs), yet their biosynthesis is intrinsically linked to the co-production of the mycotoxin citrinin, posing a significant safety challenge and limiting industrial app...

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Pomegranate Dieback in Italy: New Insights into the Etiology of the Disease

  • Silvio Tundo,
  • Donato Gerin,
  • Angela Bolzonello,
  • Rocco Caracciolo,
  • Luca Sella,
  • Francesco Faretra,
  • Francesco Favaron and
  • Stefania Pollastro

10 February 2026

Pomegranate dieback is a disease whose etiology remains only partially understood. In this study, surveys were carried out in orchards located in the Apulia, Basilicata, and Veneto regions from 2016 to 2020 with the objective to identify pathogens in...

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10 February 2026

Oudemansiella raphanipes is a prized edible mushroom renowned for its “three-high, one-low” nutritional profile (high protein, fiber, vitamins; low fat). However, the stage-specific molecular dynamics governing its development and their p...

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Effects of Powdered and Granular AMF on Maize Growth Under Low Fertilizer Conditions

  • Ye Yuan,
  • Zhengjun Feng,
  • Huiping Song,
  • Ao Yuan,
  • Le Chang,
  • Yan Zou,
  • Munkhbat Dashdorj and
  • Zhiwei Bian

9 February 2026

Excessive fertilizer use drives soil degradation and resource waste. This study investigates how arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) formulations (powder vs. granular) optimize maize (Zea mays L.) yield, soil microbiome, and economic benefits under 50...

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9 February 2026

The majority of terrestrial plants can interact with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) to form symbiotic relationships. AMF colonization not only enhances the host plant’s uptake of mineral nutrients but also improves its tolerance to biotic a...

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Histidinol-Phosphate Phosphatase FoHis2 Is Essential for Growth, Stress Responses, and Full Virulence in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense

  • Liguang Liu,
  • Zehui Du,
  • Xinyi Xiao,
  • Shiya Cheng,
  • Yongtao Zhong,
  • Zhengya Li,
  • Shan Zeng,
  • Huijiao Lin,
  • Qiyan Fu and
  • Zhaojian Ding

9 February 2026

Fusarium wilt of banana, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), is a destructive vascular disease that seriously threatens global banana production. To investigate the contribution of histidine metabolism to Foc growth and pathogenicity,...

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78 Views
8 Pages

9 February 2026

Disseminated cutaneous coccidioidomycosis (DCC) is an uncommon manifestation of Coccidioides infection resulting from hematogenous spread to the skin. While recurrence after treatment discontinuation has been reported in 17 to 50 percent of cases, as...

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102 Views
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Detection of Metschnikowia bicuspidata in Chinese Mitten Crabs (Eriocheir sinensis) Using Recombinase Polymerase Amplification

  • Lu Liu,
  • Ye Zhao,
  • Xiaoyu Zhang,
  • Chengcheng Feng,
  • Cangshuo Liu,
  • Jie Bao and
  • Hongbo Jiang

8 February 2026

The fungal pathogen Metschnikowia bicuspidata causes “milky disease” in the Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis), which poses substantial challenges to sustainable aquaculture development considering the current lack of effective trea...

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163 Views
23 Pages

Molecular Mechanisms of Temperature-Regulated Cordycepin Biosynthesis in Cordyceps militaris

  • Jiaxing Shao,
  • Ziwei Zhang,
  • Guanhui Liu,
  • Jinsheng Lin,
  • Ziping Zhang,
  • Xuelin Dai,
  • Ning Jiang and
  • Jie Tu

7 February 2026

Cordycepin is a key active component of Cordyceps militaris, but the molecular mechanism underlying temperature-regulated biosynthesis remains unclear. In this study, Cordyceps militaris strain KN-1 was used as experimental material, with low-tempera...

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271 Views
27 Pages

Cladobotryum rhodochroum sp. nov. (Hypocreales, Ascomycota): A New Fungicolous Species Revealed by Morphology, Phylogeny, and Comparative Genomics

  • Anastasia C. Christinaki,
  • Dimitrios Floudas,
  • Antonis I. Myridakis,
  • Zacharoula Gonou-Zagou and
  • Vassili N. Kouvelis

6 February 2026

Species of the ascomycetous genus Cladobotryum (Hypocreales, Hypocreaceae) are ecologically and economically important mycoparasites that cause cobweb disease in cultivated and wild mushrooms. Despite their significance as fungal pathogens and produc...

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157 Views
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5 February 2026

Protein phosphorylation modification plays a role in cells’ response to oxidative stress, a key factor leading to postharvest browning of Flammulina filiformis. However, the molecular mechanism by which protein phosphorylation contributes to po...

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160 Views
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Identification and Transcriptomic Analyses of Two Endophytic Fungi WDR2 and WDR5 from Wild Soybean Elucidates Mechanistic Aspects of Alkali Stress Tolerance

  • Jiali Tian,
  • Xuan Liu,
  • Shixi Lu,
  • Xuan Dong,
  • Yujie Chen,
  • Siqi Hou,
  • Tianyu Lei,
  • Xinyu Li,
  • Ruixin Cao and
  • Jialei Xiao
  • + 3 authors

5 February 2026

Soil alkalinization constitutes a significant abiotic stress factor that severely constrains global agricultural productivity. The application of alkali-tolerant endophytes represents a promising strategy for enhancing crop resilience. This study foc...

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5 February 2026

FLOCponics systems combine biofloc-based aquaculture with nutrient recycling and are considered sustainable for intensive aquaculture. However, fungal community dynamics in these systems and their links to water quality remain poorly understood. In t...

  • Review
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273 Views
27 Pages

5 February 2026

Sphingolipids are a class of amphipathic lipids characterized by a sphingoid base backbone, which can be classified into glycosphingolipids and sphingomyelins. They exhibit structural complexity and functional diversity, being widely distributed in e...

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157 Views
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5 February 2026

Recent advances in high-throughput sequencing technologies have significantly enhanced the accuracy of phylogenetic inference, enabling comprehensive genome-wide analyses. Fusarium fungi, which include numerous agriculturally and medically important...

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212 Views
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Uvpks1, Involved in Ustilaginoidin Biosynthesis, Contributes to the Metabolic Profile, Development, Stress Responses, and Pathogenicity in Villosiclava virens

  • Xuwen Hou,
  • Jie Dong,
  • Dan Xu,
  • Hao Liu,
  • Yu Li,
  • Yujun Huang,
  • Jiahang Sun,
  • Muhammad Abubakar Jakada,
  • Daowan Lai and
  • Ligang Zhou

5 February 2026

Villosiclava virens (anamorph: Ustilaginoidea virens) is a fungal pathogen that causes rice false smut, one of the most devastating diseases of rice. The Uvpks1 gene encoding polyketide synthase is responsible for the biosynthesis of ustilaginoidins,...

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21 Pages

Comparative Genomics Reveals Host-Specific Adaptation of Pyricularia oryzae Strains Isolated from Rice and Barnyard Grass

  • Wenda Sun,
  • Xiaohan Zhang,
  • Zhuan Zhang,
  • Xiaofang Xie,
  • Song Tang,
  • Tian Song,
  • Baoxu Lu,
  • Jiafeng Wang,
  • Zhibin Liang and
  • Yizhen Deng
  • + 1 author

5 February 2026

Barnyard grass, a widespread and persistent weed in rice paddies, belongs to the same family as rice and may act as a bridge host for the rice blast fungus. This study utilized comparative genomics to analyze six Pyricularia oryzae strains isolated f...

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251 Views
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3 February 2026

Esteya vermicola is a nematophagous fungus with strong parasitic ability against the pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) and shows great potential for the biological control of pine wilt disease. However, this fungus is highly sensitive to...

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250 Views
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Fluconazole-Resistant and Virulence-Associated Yeasts from the Vulva: Evidence of a Potential Reservoir

  • Maria Margarida Silva,
  • Mariana Zagalo Fernandes,
  • Sofia Moura,
  • Ana Sofia Esteves,
  • Ana Sofia Oliveira,
  • Carlos Gaspar,
  • José Martinez-de-Oliveira,
  • Ana Palmeira-de-Oliveira and
  • Joana Rolo

3 February 2026

Vulvovaginal candidosis is an affliction caused by yeasts. Symptoms in the vulva are generally associated with the spreading of infected vaginal fluid. To better understand the role of the vulva in these dynamics, in this study we aim to fully identi...

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237 Views
24 Pages

2 February 2026

The regulatory mechanisms by which AMF modulate the integrated carbon (C)-nitrogen (N)-phosphorus (P) metabolic network in woody plant leaves remain unclear. We investigated how varying nitrate (NO3) and phosphate (Pi) supply, with or without...

  • Review
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772 Views
22 Pages

Biomarkers in Invasive Pulmonary Fungal Infections: Where Do We Stand?

  • Isabel Montesinos and
  • Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos

1 February 2026

Invasive pulmonary fungal infections remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality among immunocompromised and critically ill patients. Rapid and accurate diagnosis is crucial for improving outcomes, yet conventional methods such as culture and his...

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231 Views
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31 January 2026

Pleurotus ostreatus, a globally cultivated oyster mushroom, is susceptible to viral infections that threaten yield and quality. This study reports the identification and characterization of three novel viruses from a symptomatic P. ostreatus strain K...

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261 Views
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Novel Freshwater Ascomycetes from Submerged Plant Debris in the Zújar River (Extremadura Community, Spain)

  • María Barnés-Guirado,
  • Alberto Miguel Stchigel and
  • José Francisco Cano-Lira

31 January 2026

Freshwater fungi remain insufficiently documented in the Mediterranean river systems despite their key roles in organic-matter turnover. Here, we surveyed filamentous fungi associated with submerged decaying plant debris in the Zújar River (Ex...

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13 Pages

31 January 2026

Mycological studies in China have achieved substantial and encouraging progress in recent decades. In this paper, the discoveries of novel fungal taxa published by Chinese mycologists and the documented records of fungi distributed in China are stati...

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Fungal Community Composition and Diversity Across Soil Depths Under Different Cover Crop Treatments

  • Ephantus J. Muturi,
  • Christopher A. Dunlap,
  • Jose L. Ramirez,
  • William L. Perry,
  • Nicholas Heller and
  • Robert L. Rhykerd

31 January 2026

Fungi are a critical component of microbial biomass in agricultural soils, but their distribution across soil depths under different cover crops remains poorly understood. We used high-throughput sequencing of fungal ITS1 amplicons to characterize fu...

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277 Views
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Effect of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on the Growth and Cadmium Uptake of Paspalum notatum and Lolium perenne

  • Chao Wang,
  • Peiyin Li,
  • Ao Yuan,
  • Zhiwei Bian,
  • Huiping Song and
  • Zhengjun Feng

30 January 2026

To investigate the regulatory mechanisms of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on the growth, cadmium (Cd) uptake and translocation of plants with distinct mycorrhizal dependency (MD), a pot experiment was conducted using Paspalum notatum (high MD) a...

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Unveiling Species Diversity Within Early-Diverging Fungi from China XII: Six New Species of Mucor (Mucoromycota)

  • Wen-Xiu Liu,
  • Fei Li,
  • Zi-Ying Ding,
  • Xin-Yu Ji,
  • Shu-Ting Geng,
  • Hong-Yu Zou,
  • Heng Zhao,
  • Shi Wang and
  • Xiao-Yong Liu

30 January 2026

Mucor is widely distributed in nature and extensively applied in industries, food, and other fields. Based on analyses of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and the large subunit (LSU) of the ribosomal RNA gene, RNA polymerase II largest subunit g...

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277 Views
16 Pages

30 January 2026

Rhizoctonia solani anastomosis group (AG)-2-2IIIB and AG-4HGI are the main pathogens causing sugar beet seedling damping-off and crown and root rot disease. In this study, 1232 loci of simple sequence repeats (SSRs) were obtained via transcriptome se...

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260 Views
16 Pages

30 January 2026

Tomato late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans is a devastating disease, and current control of the disease relies heavily on chemical fungicides. Certain Trichoderma strains used as biocontrol fungi have shown superb efficacy against P. infesta...

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280 Views
21 Pages

Comprehensive Insights into Sugar Transporters of Candidozyma auris and Their Roles in Antifungal Resistance

  • Praveen Kumar,
  • Mohit Kumar,
  • Amandeep Saini,
  • Sheikh Owais Mohamad,
  • Basharat Ali,
  • Brooke D. Esquivel,
  • Atanu Banerjee,
  • Theodore C. White,
  • Naseem A. Gaur and
  • Rajendra Prasad
  • + 2 authors

30 January 2026

In Candida species, including Candidozyma auris (formerly Candida auris), overexpression of efflux pumps is a well-established mechanism of antifungal resistance. However, accumulating evidence indicates that impaired drug import may also significant...

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17 Pages

30 January 2026

Metarhizium lepidiotae is an important entomopathogenic fungus with substantial agricultural value. However, prolonged subculturing often leads to phenotypic degeneration, including reduced conidiation and impaired metabolic activity, while the under...

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250 Views
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Novel Metabolites of Xylaria thienhirunae SWUF17-44.1 with Biological Activities and Molecular Docking Analysis

  • Pitchapa Thongsuwan,
  • Lutfun Nahar,
  • Satyajit D. Sarker,
  • Pitchaya Kongmaung,
  • Kiattawee Choowongkomon,
  • Cherdchai Phosri and
  • Nuttika Suwannasai

30 January 2026

The extract of Xylaria thienhirunae SWUF17-44.1 displayed broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity, with higher potency against Gram-positive bacteria than Gram-negative strains. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values were as low as 0.63 µg...

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33 Pages

29 January 2026

Fungi, including yeasts, have played a central role in the development of knowledge about cell physiology and molecular biology as experimental eukaryotic models. However, much of this knowledge has been generated using classical organisms such as Sa...

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17 Pages

Insights into the Adaptation of Geotrichum citri-aurrantii in Highly Acidic Environments

  • Qian Niu,
  • Jie Zheng,
  • Wenbin Liao,
  • Ju Qian,
  • Xiaoli Tan,
  • Qiuli Ouyang,
  • Lu Li and
  • Nengguo Tao

29 January 2026

Sour rot is a significant postharvest disease affecting citrus fruit, causing sourness and decay in various cultivars, particularly lemons. How the pathogen, Geotrichum citri-aurantii, adapts to the highly acidic environment of citrus fruit remains i...

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High-Throughput Sequencing Supports Strong Geographical Patterns in the Cladia aggregata Complex (Ascomycota, Lecanorales) and Identifies the Asian Clade as an Independent Species

  • John de Abreu,
  • Alejandrina Barcenas-Peña,
  • Vasun Poengsungnoen,
  • Xinyu Wang,
  • Jen-Pan Huang,
  • Helge Thorsten Lumbsch and
  • Felix Grewe

28 January 2026

The Cladia aggregata group of lichen-forming fungi comprises multiple species that are difficult to differentiate based on phenotypic characters. It has a wide distribution across several continents, but is most diverse in Australasia. We aimed to de...

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14 Pages

Role of Iron Availability in Modulating Pseudomonas aeruginosa’s Antifungal Effects on Planktonic and Biofilm Growth of Scedosporium/Lomentospora Under Cystic Fibrosis-Mimicking Conditions

  • Thaís P. Mello,
  • Iuri C. Barcellos,
  • Simone S.C. Oliveira,
  • Lucas Giovanini,
  • Michaela Lackner,
  • Marta H. Branquinha and
  • André L.S. Santos

28 January 2026

Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Scedosporium/Lomentospora often coexist in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients, where their interaction can affect disease outcomes. Our group has recently demonstrated that P. aeruginosa suppresses the growth of Scedospo...

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219 Views
11 Pages

28 January 2026

Dermatophytes are fungi that infect the human skin and its appendages. With new pathogenic species emerging and resistance to first-line drugs rising, microbiologic diagnosis and species identification are becoming even more important. In this study,...

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297 Views
23 Pages

28 January 2026

Plant endophytes, often termed the “second genome”, critically shape host adaptability. However, the complexity of their interactions, regulated by microbial traits, host species, and environment, has limited both our understanding of sym...

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328 Views
12 Pages

27 January 2026

The phytopathogenic fungus Colletotrichum scovillei causes a destructive anthracnose on pepper fruit worldwide. Conidiation plays an essential role in the dissemination of pathogenic fungi, yet the regulatory mechanisms underlying this process remain...

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18 Pages

Effect of Different Signal Peptides on the Expression of Glucoamylase from Aspergillus awamori in the Filamentous Fungus Penicillium verruculosum

  • Nikita Eroshenko,
  • Andrey Chulkin,
  • Pavel Volkov,
  • Ivan Zorov,
  • Anna Dotsenko,
  • Igor Shashkov,
  • Arkady Sinitsyn and
  • Aleksandra Rozhkova

27 January 2026

Filamentous fungi are widely used in biotechnological processes because they secrete significant amounts of protein, use inexpensive nutrient media, and are predictably scalable in technological processes. Penicillium verruculosum B1-537 (now renamed...

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760 Views
57 Pages

The Genus Picoa (Pyronemataceae, Pezizales) Revisited

  • Pablo Alvarado,
  • Aurelia Paz,
  • Claude Lavoise and
  • Nicolas Van Vooren

27 January 2026

The genus Picoa is here revisited after obtaining new molecular and morphological data. Morphological features of type material and other historical collections of P. juniperi and P. lefebvrei were studied and compared with recent collections obtaine...

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  • Open Access
567 Views
13 Pages

Extraction, Characterization and Biological Activities of Selected Lichens Growing in Serbia

  • Marijana Kosanić,
  • Tatjana Stanojković,
  • Nevena Petrović,
  • Anja Manojlović and
  • Nedeljko Manojlović

26 January 2026

This study presents a comparative analysis of secondary metabolites and antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anticancer activities of acetone extracts obtained from the lichens Lepraria incana and Pertusaria amara. HPLC-UV analysis identified divaric acid...

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