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.
A. De Paepe +9 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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Mucor circinelloides Induces Platelet Aggregation Through Integrin αIIbβ3 and FcγRIIA [PDF]
Platelets, 2019 Thrombosis is a hallmark of the fatal fungal infection mucormycosis. Yet, the platelet activation pathway in response to mucormycetes is unknown. In this study we determined the platelet aggregation potential of Mucor circinelloides (M.
Malou Zuidscherwoude +2 more
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Dual Extraction of Crustacean and Fungal Chitosan from a Single Mucor circinelloides Fermentation
Fermentation, 2020 Mucor circinelloides is a fungus that has been reported to produce ethanol, oil, protein, phosphate and glucosamine, depending on the available nutrients and cultivation conditions.
Yun Nian Tan, Pei Pei Lee, Wei Ning Chen
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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 +7 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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Biological features of fungi of the genus Mucor [PDF]
BIO Web of Conferences, 2023 Mucor belongs to the most prominent order Mucorales, a phylogenetically ancient group of fungi referred to as “early divergent fungi”. The genus Mucor contains several species. The most common are Mucor amphibiorum, M. circinelloides, M.
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Fermentation, 2021 Animal waste fats were explored as a fermentation substrate for the production of high-value unsaturated single cell oil (SCO) using oleaginous fungi, Mucor circinelloides and Mortierella alpina.
Sushil S. Gaykawad +7 more
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Mucor variicolumellatus L. Wagner & G. Walther (Mucorales, Mucoromycota): a first record for the Neotropics [PDF]
Check List, 2020 Two specimens of Mucor variicolumellatus L. Wagner & G. Walther were isolated from soil samples collected in an upland rainforest area located in Pernambuco state, Brazil.
Carlos Alberto Fragoso de Souza +5 more
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mBio, 2014 Food-borne pathogens are ongoing problems, and new pathogens are emerging. The impact of fungi, however, is largely underestimated. Recently, commercial yogurts contaminated with Mucor circinelloides were sold, and >200 consumers became ill with nausea ...
Soo Chan Lee +9 more
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