Heterologous expression and enzymatic properties of lipase from Mucor circinelloides [PDF]
Scientific ReportsMicrobial lipases could be used to hydrolyze or recombine fats and oils, and had great applications in food processing, bioenergy and chemical industry.
Yao Zhang +5 more
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Mucor circinelloides: a model organism for oleaginous fungi and its potential applications in bioactive lipid production [PDF]
Microbial Cell Factories, 2022 Microbial oils have gained massive attention because of their significant role in industrial applications. Currently plants and animals are the chief sources of medically and nutritionally important fatty acids. However, the ever-increasing global demand
Abu Bakr Ahmad Fazili +8 more
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Sporangiospore Size Dimorphism Is Linked to Virulence of Mucor circinelloides [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2011 Mucor circinelloides is a zygomycete fungus and an emerging opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients, especially transplant recipients and in some cases otherwise healthy individuals.
Charles H Li +2 more
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Two Cases of Post-Traumatic Mucormycosis due to Mucor circinelloides: Salvage Therapy with a Combination of Adjunctive Therapies [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2022 Mucormycosis is a rare, emerging angioinvasive infection caused by ubiquitous filamentous fungi. In recent decades, an increase in cutaneous or post-traumatic mucormycosis has been reported.
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Investigating the Effect of Alcohol Dehydrogenase Gene Knockout on Lipid Accumulation in Mucor circinelloides WJ11 [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2022 Mucor circinelloides is an oleaginous, dimorphic zygomycete fungus species that produces appreciable levels of ethanol when grown under aerobic conditions in the presence of high glucose, indicating the fungus is a Crabtree-positive microorganism ...
Aabid Manzoor Shah +4 more
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Homologous and Heterologous Expression of Delta(12)-Desaturase in Mucor circinelloides Enhanced the Production of Linolenic Acid [PDF]
Molecules, 2022 Linolenic acid (LA) is gaining more interest within the scientific community. This is because it has a potential medical role in reducing the risk of inflammation, carcinogenesis, atherosclerosis and diabetes and is a valuable nutraceutical for human ...
Junhuan Yang +8 more
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Antimycotic Activity of Some Medicinal Plants against Mucor circinelloides. [PDF]
Biomed Res Int, 2022 The in vitro antimycotic activity of the leaf extract of Catharanthus roseus, Lantana camara, Nerium indicum, Sida cordifolia, and Ziziphus mauritiana was studied against M. circinelloides. This fungal species causes mucormycosis (black fungus). Presently, mucormycosis is affecting COVID patients due to prolonged use of steroids.
Jangid R, Begum T.
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Mass spore production of Mucor circinelloides on rice. [PDF]
3 Biotech, 2021 Mucor circinelloides is a fungus that produces diverse spores throughout its life cycle. The sporangiospores, which are the most well-studied spores in this fungus, are asexual spores produced during aerial mycelial development. M. circinelloides has the potential to be used in diverse biotechnological applications.
Patiño-Medina JA +6 more
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Genetic Modification of Mucor circinelloides for Canthaxanthin Production by Heterologous Expression of β-carotene Ketolase Gene [PDF]
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021 Canthaxanthin is a reddish-orange xanthophyll with strong antioxidant activity and higher bioavailability than carotenes, primarily used in food, cosmetics, aquaculture, and pharmaceutical industries. The spiking market for natural canthaxanthin promoted
Tahira Naz +14 more
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Efficacy and Mechanism of Thymol/KGM/LG Edible Coating Solution on Inhibition of Mucor circinelloides Isolated From Okra [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 With the increasing demand and quality requirement for the natural nutritious food in modern society, okra has attracted much attention because of its high nutritional value and remarkable functionality. However, the occurrence of postharvest diseases of
Qinqiu Zhang +9 more
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