The Candida genus includes numerous yeasts that humans can use biotechnologically. For example, Candida famata belongs to the group of those fungi that, in addition to causing dangerous infections, can also be used to produce useful products such as riboflavin (vitamin B). Normally, however, it is a commensal, a companion of humans and other living … Candida Famata: Infection, Transmission & Diseases
Candida glabrata is a yeast fungus belonging to the Candida genus. For a long time, Candida glabrata was not considered pathogenic; however, it is becoming apparent that the pathogen is causing an increasing number of opportunistic infections. What is Candida glabrata? Candida glabrata belongs to the Candida genus. Candida are yeast fungi that belong to … Candida Glabrata: Infection, Transmission & Diseases
Candida guilliermondii are a species of unicellular yeast that live as saprophytes and are found worldwide as airborne microorganisms. Yeasts of this species colonize human skin as commensals but can become opportunistic pathogens in immunodeficiencies. They can cause mycoses of the skin, mucosa, and intestine, as well as Candida sepsis and consequent blood poisoning. What … Candida Guilliermondii: Infection, Transmission & Diseases
Candida lusitaniae are a species of the yeast Candida, which actually occurs as a commensal in the human body, but can also cause infections in immunodeficiency. Infections of the lungs in particular can develop into fungemia, a form of sepsis (blood poisoning). The opportunistic pathogenicity of the fungal species has been documented primarily in association … Candida Lusitaniae: Infection, Transmission & Diseases
Candida stellatoidea is a type of yeast that lives as a saprophyte and is not an obligate pathogen. It is an opportunistic pathogen at best that can cause mucosal infections and sepsis (blood poisoning) in immunocompromised patients. Sepsis from the pathogen is equivalent to fungemia and is a life-threatening condition. What is Candida stellatoidea ? … Candida Stellatoidea: Infection, Transmission & Diseases
Ascomycota is another name for tubular fungi, which come in very different forms. They are found in almost all habitats and their range moves from being very useful (for making food such as bread, beer, wine, etc.) to being valuable and tasty edible fungi (such as truffles and morels) to causing serious infectious diseases, such … Ascomycota: Infection, Transmission & Diseases
Posaconazole is the name given to an antifungal drug. It belongs to the group of triazoles. What is posaconazole? Posaconazole antifungal drug is used to treat specific fungal infections that prove resistant to other drugs. The antifungal drug posaconazole is used to treat specific fungal infections that prove resistant to other drugs. In medicine, the … Posaconazole: Effects, Uses & Risks
The purple-brown ergot fungus (Claviceps purpurea) is a tubular fungus that grows parasitically on host plants such as rye, wheat, oats, and barley. It is also often found on wild grasses such as couch grass, lolch grass, and field foxtail grass. There, it can survive on the field margin after grain harvest and resprout with … Claviceps Purpurea: Infection, Transmission & Diseases
Yeasts are eukaryotic single-celled organisms. Currently, about 60 different genera of yeast fungi with 500 species are known. What are yeast fungi? Yeast fungi are unicellular fungi. Because they have a nucleus, they are eukaryotes. Since yeasts reproduce by fission or sprouting, they are also titled as sprouting fungi. Most sprout fungi belong to the … Yeast Fungi: Infection, Transmission & Diseases
Pergolide is an active ingredient isolated from naturally occurring fungal alkaloids and is approved as a therapeutic agent for Parkinson’s disease. It is also used in veterinary medicine for the treatment of an equine disease. Pergolide acts on the receptors of the neurotransmitter dopamine. What is pergolide? Pergolide drugs are used as a monopreparation for … Pergolide: Effects, Uses & Risks
Epidermophyton floccosum is a species of fungus in the subgroup Eurotiomycetidae and the class Eurotiomycetes, classified in the Onygenales and below that in the fungal family Arthrodermataceae and genus Epidermophytes. The fungus is a dermatophyte and thus a possible causative agent of dermatophytosis. The infection is pathogenic to humans and manifests as skin and nail … Epidermophyton Floccosum: Infection, Transmission & Diseases
Microsporum is known as a genus of individual species of fungi that belong to the dermatophytes as well as Fungi imperfecti and are taxonomic representatives of the true tubular fungi. The most important members of the genus include representatives Microsporum audouinii, canis and gypseum species, which live on the skin of animals and humans, as … Microsporum: Infection, Transmission & Diseases