ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Mucoralean fungi are mostly saprotrophs that are frequently encountered in soil habitats. Using an isolation temperature of circa 25°C, other workers obtained these fungi from a wide diversity of ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The concentrations of copper (Cu) in vineyard soils of the Western Cape range from 0.1 to 20 ppm. However, more than 160 tons of the fungicide copper oxychloride are annually being sprayed on these ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is commonly known that a diversity of fungi, including yeasts, may occur on plant surfaces. Similarly, on fallen trees an ecological succession of different fungal species is known to occur during ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Aflatoxins are mycotoxins predominantly produced by the filamentous fungi Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus. Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), the most abundant aflatoxin, is highly mutagenic, toxic, ...

Intraspecific diversity among yeasts, including basidiomycetous yeasts has mostly been studied from a taxonomic point of view. The heterobasidiomycetous genus Cryptococcus is no exception and it was found to contain ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is known that many hyphomycetous fungi are dispersed by wind, water and insects. However, very little is known about how these fungi may differ from each other regarding their ability to be disseminated ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Constructed wetlands have been widely used in the treatment of industrial and domestic wastewater to reduce biological and chemical oxygen demand (BOD and COD), to remove nitrate and enteric viruses as ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Saccharomyces cerevisiae is commonly associated with the wine industry. However, this yeast was also isolated from soils not associated with vines. Despite the fact that S. cerevisiae is not perceived ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Numerous workers studied the impact of pollutants and agricultural chemicals, containing heavy metals such as copper (Cu), on soil microbes. It was found that elevated soil Cu levels do have a detrimental ...