Background. Cryptococcosis is a fungal disease of bad prognosis due to its pathogenicity and the toxicity of the drugs used for its treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate the medicinal potential of carbazole and β-carboline alkaloids and derivatives against Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii. Methods. MICs were established in accordance with the recommendations of the Clinical and Laboratory Sta...
Prompt and specific identification of fungemia agents is important in order to define clinical treatment. However, in most cases conventional culture identification can be considered to be time-consuming and not without errors. The aim of the present study was to identify the following fungemia agents: Candida albicans, Candida parapsilosis, Candida tropicalis, Candida glabrata, Cryptococcus neoformans, Cryptoc...
Biosurfactants are surface-active compounds that have sparked interest in recent years because of their environmental advantages over conventional surfactants. The aim of this study was to investigate the production of biosurfactants by soil fungi isolated from the Amazon forest. Fungi colonies were isolated from soil samples and screened for biosurfactant production in submerged fermentation. In addition, the ...
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. In the article titled "Production of Biosurfactants by Soil Fungi Isolated from the Amazon Forest" [1], the Acknowledgements section was missing from the published article due to a production error a...
A maior fonte de energia utilizada hoje é derivada do petróleo, que é uma fonte deenergia não renovável. É notável que as reservas de petróleo estão cada vez mais escassas,por isso é evidente o incentivo à outras fontes de energia renováveis, como por exemplo obioetanol. O objetivo do trabalho foi determinar a quantidade de açúcares redutores (AR)dos hidrolisados enzimáticos obtidos a partir de resíduos amazôni...