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    • A comparison of isolation methods for black fungi degrading aromatic toxins 

      Quan, Yu; van den Ende, Bert Gerrits; Shi, Dongmei; Prenafeta-Boldú, Francesc X.; Liu, Zuoyi; Al-Hatmi, Abdullah M. S.; Ahmed, Sarah A.; Verweij, Paul E.; Kang, Yingqian; de Hoog, Sybren (Mycopathologia, 2019-09-29) Sostenibilitat en Biosistemes
      The prevalence of black fungi in the order Chaetothyriales has often been underestimated due to the difficulty of their isolation. In this study, three methods which are often used to isolate black fungi ...
    • Genomic Understanding of an Infectious Brain Disease from the Desert 

      Moreno, Leandro F.; Ahmed, Abdalla A. O.; Brankovics, Balázs; Cuomo, Christina A.; Menken, Steph B. J.; Taj-Aldeen, Saad J.; Faidah, Hani; Stielow, J. Benjamin; Teixeira, Marcus de M.; Prenafeta-Boldú, Francesc X.; Vicente, Vania A.; de Hoog, Sybren (G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2018-01-11) Sostenibilitat en Biosistemes
      Rhinocladiella mackenziei accounts for the majority of fungal brain infections in the Middle East, and is restricted to the arid climate zone between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Neurotropic dissemination ...
    • Pathogenic Yet Environmentally Friendly? Black Fungal Candidates for Bioremediation of Pollutants 

      Blasi, Barbara; Poyntner, Caroline; Rudavsky, Tamara; Prenafeta-Boldú, Francesc X.; de Hoog, Sybren; Tafer, Hakim; Sterflinger, Katja (Geomicrobiology Journal, 2016-02-25) Sostenibilitat en Biosistemes
      A collection of 163 strains of black yeast-like fungi from the CBS Fungal Biodiversity Center (Utrecht, The Netherlands), has been screened for the ability to grow on hexadecane, toluene and ...
    • The origin of human pathogenicity and biological interactions in Chaetothyriales 

      Quan, Yu; Deng, Shuwen; Prenafeta-Boldú, Francesc Xavier; Mayer, Veronika E.; Muggia, Lucia; Cometto, Agnese; Vicente, Vania A.; Menezes da Silva, Nickolas; Grisolia, Maria Eduarda; Song, Yinggai; Ahmed, Sarah A.; Niu, Xueke; Lima, Bruna Jacomel Favoreto de Souza; Feng, Peiying; Vitale, Roxana G.; Teixeira, Marcus; Sudhadham, Montarop; Azevedo, Conceicao Pedrozo e Silva de; Bocca, Anamelia; Haase, Gerhard; Selbmann, Laura; Shi, Dongmei; Kang, Yingqian; de Hoog, Sybren (Fungal Diversity, 2023-03-01) Sostenibilitat en Biosistemes
      Fungi in the order Chaetothyriales are renowned for their ability to cause human infections. Nevertheless, they are not regarded as primary pathogens, but rather as opportunists with a natural habitat ...
    • Volatile Organic Compounds in the Azteca/Cecropia Ant-Plant Symbiosis and the Role of Black Fungi 

      Mayer, Veronika E.; de Hoog, Sybren; Cristescu, Simona M.; Vera, Luciano; Prenafeta-Boldú, Francesc X. (Journal of Fungi (JoF), 2021-10-06) Sostenibilitat en Biosistemes
      Black fungi of the order Chaetothyriales are grown by many tropical plant-mutualistic ants as small so-called “patches” in their nests, which are located inside hollow structures provided by the host ...