Poly (β-l-malic acid) is one natural biopolymer that has the outstanding features of
biocompatibility, biodegradability, water solubility, and non-immunogenicity, and it is easily …

Background Microbial inhabitants of soils are important to ecosystem and planetary
functions, yet there are large gaps in our knowledge of their diversity and ecology. The …

Abstract Background The Mediterranean olive tree (Olea europaea subsp. europaea) was
one of the first trees to be domesticated and is currently of major agricultural importance in …

We investigated the diversity and distribution of fungi in nine different sites inside 30
residential dishwashers. In total, 503 fungal strains were isolated, which belong to 10 …

In the present study we describe the occurrence of fungi in 100 tap water and 16
groundwater samples from Slovenia. We used culture-dependent and culture-independent …

The conversion of grape must into wine involves the development and succession of yeast
populations differing in species composition. The initial population is formed by vineyard …

Fungi that tolerate very high environmental NaCl concentrations are good model systems to
study mechanisms that enable them to endure osmotic and salinity stress. The whole …

The yeast strain XJ5-1 isolated from the Taklimakan desert soil was identified to be a strain
of Aureobasdium melanogenum and could produce a large amount of melanin when it was …

The study investigated the biochemical characteristics and kinetic parameters of laccase
from a newly isolated Aureobasidium pullulans NAC8 obtained from soil containing decay …

Background Ramularia collo-cygni is a newly important, foliar fungal pathogen of barley that
causes the disease Ramularia leaf spot. The fungus exhibits a prolonged endophytic growth …