The incidence of invasive fungal infections is increasing worldwide, resulting in more than
1.6 million deaths every year. Due to growing antifungal drug resistance and the limited …

The global challenge to prevent fungal spoilage and mycotoxin contamination on food and
feed requires the development of new antifungal strategies. Antimicrobial peptides and …

Background Scab, caused by the biotrophic fungus Venturia inaequalis, is the most
economically important disease of apples worldwide. During infection, V. inaequalis …

Antifungal proteins of fungal origin (AFPs) are small, secreted, cationic, and cysteine-rich
proteins. Filamentous fungi encode a wide repertoire of AFPs belonging to different …

The study involved the adsorption of Erythrosine B onto the dead, dry, and unmodified
Penicillium italicum cells and the analytical, visual, theoretical assessment of the adsorbent …

Competition is one of the fundamental driving forces of natural selection. Beauveria
bassiana is a soil and plant phylloplane/root fungus capable of parasitizing insect hosts. Soil …

The global challenge to prevent fungal spoilage and mycotoxin contamination on foods and
feeds require the development of new antifungal strategies. Filamentous fungi encode …

Antifungal proteins (AFPs) from filamentous fungi offer the potential to control fungal
infections that threaten human health and food safety. AFPs exhibit broad antifungal spectra …

Phosphate and calcium ions are nutrients that play key roles in growth, differentiation and
the production of bioactive secondary metabolites in filamentous fungi. Phosphate …

Penicillium phytopathogenic species provoke severe postharvest disease and economic
losses. Penicillium expansum is the main pome fruit phytopathogen while Penicillium …