Airborne fungi causing respiratory allergy in patients from Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

Menezes, Everardo Albuquerque; Carvalho, Paulo Germano de; Trindade, Emmerson Cristhiano Pereira M.; Sobrinho, Geraldo Madeira; Cunha, Francisco Afrânio; Castro, Fábio Fernandes Morato

doi:10.1590/s1676-24442004000200006

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“…Similarly, to the current study, a study carried out in Brazil (2004) also identified the dominant genera isolated to be Aspergillus, Penicillium, Cladosporium, Rhizopus and Alternaria (Menezes et al, 2004). In another study carried out in Pennsylvania (2004), the isolation of the following genera was reported at high levels; Aspergillus, Penicillium, Cladosporium, and Alternaria (Horner et al, 2004).…”

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A study on the fungi isolated from the carpeting, walls and Holy Qurans from the Blue Mosque and Little Hagia Sophia Mosque situated in the province of Istanbul

Cesuroglu¹,

Çolakoğlu²

2017

J. Yeast Fungal Res.

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In this study the sampling of microfungus content from the carpeting, walls and Holy Qurans of two different mosques in the province of Istanbul was undertaken and in order to determine quantities. Samples were taken in 2015 during the months of January, April, July and October. The samples were taken with non-agar based sterile swabs and were then taken to the laboratory. Throughout the duration of the study, 17 species belonging to 9 genera were isolated and a total of 193 colonies were examined. Throughout the study the most commonly isolated microfungus genus was Aspergillus at 52.9%. This genus was followed by Penicillium at 26.5%, Cladosporium at 7.8%, Alternaria at 4.7%, Chaetomium at 2.6%, Trichoderma at 3.2%, Mucor at 1.1% and Eurotium and Rhizopus 0.6%. Throughout the duration of the study the most isolated species of microfungus was Aspergillus fumigatus at 25.9%. This species was followed by Aspergillus flavus at 9.8%, Penicillium palitans at 9.3%, Aspergillus niger at 8.3%, Penicillium citreonigrum at 7.8%, Penicillium solitum at 6.3%, Aspergillus sydowii at 5.2%, Alternaria alternata and Cladosporium sphaerospermum at 4.7%, Aspergillus parasiticus at 3.7%, Trichoderma longibrachiatum at 3.2%, Penicillium citrinum and Cladosporium cladosporioides at 3.1%, Chaetomium globosum at 2.6%, Mucor sp. at 1.1%, and finally Eurotium herbariorum and Rhizopus stolonifer at 0.6%.

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A study on the fungi isolated from the carpeting, walls and Holy Qurans from the Blue Mosque and Little Hagia Sophia Mosque situated in the province of Istanbul

Cesuroglu¹,

Çolakoğlu²

2017

J. Yeast Fungal Res.

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“…The hyphal mode of fungal growth and their good tolerance to low water activity (a w ) and high osmotic pressure conditions make fungi efficient and competitive in natural microflora for the bioconversion of solid substrates (Mienda et al, 2011). Filamentous fungi, beyond being the preferred source of industrial enzymes because of their excellent capacity for extracellular protein production (Jun et al, 2011), are associated with a number of allergic diseases in humans (Menezes et al, 2004). D. monoceras is a filamentous fungi soil saprophyte that produces allergenic proteins that cause respiratory allergies in atopic individuals (Menezes et al, 1995).…”

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OXYGEN TRANSFER IN THE SOLID-STATE CULTIVATION OF D. monoceras ON POLYURETHANE FOAM AS AN INERT SUPPORT

Bastos

Motta

Santana

2016

Braz. J. Chem. Eng.

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-In recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest concerning solid-state cultivation processes due to a number of advantages over submerged cultivation. However, studies on oxygen transfer and the performance of bioreactors are lacking. Processes that use inert supports loaded with chemically-defined liquid media have several potential applications and offer numerous advantages, such as improved process control and monitoring and enhanced process consistency compared with cultivation on natural solid substrates. The aim of this research was to study the oxygen transfer for the production of allergenic proteins from a biomass of Drechslera (Helminthosporium) monoceras cultured in a packed-bed reactor filled with polyurethane foam. The results show that a high protein concentration can be produced on an inert support with a high overall oxygen transfer coefficient (K L a) during cultivation.

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“…Molds, on the other hand, are associated with human allergic diseases resulting from the exposition to spores, vegetative cells or metabolites characteristic of these microorganisms (17,23,27).…”

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Mycoflora study in a wheat flour mill of Argentina

Aringoli¹,

Cambiagno²,

Chiericatti³

et al. 2012

Braz. J. Microbiol.

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The mycoflora of the environment: wheat conditioning, milling and screening, and filling zone, as well as, raw material -wheat-, intermediate product -grits-and end product -flour-on day 1, and after cleaning improvements -days 45 and 90-were studied in an Argentine wheat mill. Samples were incubated at 28°C Deoxynivalenol was above the levels allowed in wheat, being acceptable in grits and flour. Aflatoxin and Zearalenone showed acceptable levels. When studied in vitro, 53% of Aspergillus flavus and 100% of Fusarium graminearum isolates, produced Total Aflatoxins, and Deoxynivalenol and Zearalenone, respectively.

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Airborne fungi causing respiratory allergy in patients from Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

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A study on the fungi isolated from the carpeting, walls and Holy Qurans from the Blue Mosque and Little Hagia Sophia Mosque situated in the province of Istanbul

A study on the fungi isolated from the carpeting, walls and Holy Qurans from the Blue Mosque and Little Hagia Sophia Mosque situated in the province of Istanbul

OXYGEN TRANSFER IN THE SOLID-STATE CULTIVATION OF D. monoceras ON POLYURETHANE FOAM AS AN INERT SUPPORT

Mycoflora study in a wheat flour mill of Argentina

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