Chapter XV Fungi Pathogenic for Man and Animals: I. Diseases of the Keratinized Tissues

A Complement Inhibitor Produced by Stachybotrys complementi, nov. sp. K‐76, a New Species of Fungi Imperfecti

“…Malt extract agar was prepared with Bact Malt Extract (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.) according to Blackeslee's formula (2). Potato dextrose agar (8), Czapeck-Dox agar (2,8), and Sabouraud maltose agar (36) were prepared from dehydrated powder preparations purchased from Difco Laboratories. Oatmeal agar (8), synthetic mucor agar (2) and yeast phosphate soluble starch agar of Emerson's formula (YpSS agar) (8) were prepared according to the respective formulae.…”

Overwintering of Coccinella septempunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) at different altitudes in the Karkonosze Mts, SW Poland

“…The growth and sporulation of the fungi on infected cadavers were stimulated by placing them in humid chambers (Petri dishes with moist filter paper) at 25°C. Fungal pathogens were then identified either directly on insects covered by sporulating mycelium or in preparations made from purified cultures grown on solid artificial media (Sabouraud's glucose medium and wateragar) (Stockdale, 1971).…”

Soil fungal communities as bioindicators of ancient human impacts in medieval settlements in different geographic regions of Russia and southwestern Kazakhstan

“…Isolation of keratinophilic fungi was performed by the hair bite technique (Stockdale, 1971). 5e15 g of soil in sterile Petri dishes (diameter 35 mm) were moistened to 60%.…”

“…The assessment of total and living soil microbial biomass, and the ratio of different microbial trophic groups are successfully used for determination of biotic properties and age of paleosols buried under mounds (Khomutova et al, 2004;Demkina et al, 2007). Soil fungi may be considered to be an important group of organisms essential for paleoecological reconstructions along with pollen, phytoliths, and microbial biomass (van Geel, 2001;Traverse, 2005;Miola, 2012).…”

“…Fungal spores can remain viable in soils for a long time (up to thousands of years) even under extreme conditions, for example, surviving wildfires (Carlile et al, 2001), or long-term permafrost (Kochkina et al, 2001). Soil fungal spore analysis has been used to provide ecological indications to confirm the influence of ecological factors, such as consequences of fire, livestock grazing pressure, presence of dead wood, and animal dung in soil layers (Innes and Blackford, 2003;van Geel et al, 2003;Graf and Chmura, 2006;Baker et al, 2013).…”