Fumonisin (FB) mycotoxins produced by species of the genus Fusarium detrimentally affect
human and animal health upon consumption, due to the inhibition of ceramide synthase. In …

Food products are susceptible to the action of filamentous fungi (Lima et al., 2021). Fungi
have the singularity of developing complex and differentiated pathogenicity mechanisms …

Aspergillus fumigatus is an important fungal pathogen that causes allergic reactions but also
life-threatening infections. One of the most abundant A. fumigatus proteins is Asp f3. This …

Pneumocandins are lipohexapeptides of the echinocandin family that potently interrupt
fungal cell wall biogenesis by noncompetitive inhibition of 1, 3-β-glucan synthase. The …

Serine palmitoyltransferase catalyzes the first step of the sphingolipid biosynthesis.
Recently, sphingolipid homeostasis has been connected to several human diseases …

Control of devastating phytopathogens such as the pineapple black rot causing-pathogen
fungus, Thielaviopsis ethacetica, remains dependent on synthetic pesticides despite the …

Abstract Stryphnodendron pulcherrimum (Willd.) Hochr.(Fabaceae) is a native Amazonian
tree, popularly known as “barbatimão”. The stem barks of this tree are widely used in folk …

A study targeting novel antifungal metabolites identified potent in vitro antifungal activity
against key plant pathogens in acetone extracts of Streptomyces sp. strain CA-296093 …

Fungi constitute the Earth's second most diverse kingdom, however only a small percentage
of these have been thoroughly examined and categorized for their secondary metabolites …

The final and most crucial step in obtaining clean water is disinfection. More innovative
methods of water disinfection have recently been sought. Water disinfection is a promising …