High impact information on Mucorales

• Amphotericin B and posaconazole were found to be active against most of the Mucorales strains tested [1].
• A generalized model for both lipases of the Mucorales family highlights the residues mediating stereoselectivity: (1) L258, the C-terminal neighbor of the catalytic histidine, and (2) G266, which is located in a loop contacting the glycerol backbone of a bound substrate [2].
• Ergosterol was the major sterol of the Dimargaritales, Zoopagales, and 13 of the 14 Mucorales families included in this study [3].
• Inhibition of the yeast-mycelial transition and the phorogenesis of Mucorales by diamino butanone [4].
• The diagnosis was made postmortem and autopsy revealed that the pulmonary nodule consisting of mucorales protruded over the luminal surface of the aorta [5].

Associations of Mucorales with chemical compounds

• Effect of deferoxamine mesylate on the growth of mucorales [6].
• Oleaginous fungi of the genus Mucorales were screened for gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) production on solid substrates containing moistened cereals [7].
• M-RB supported an average of 12% more A. flavus group colonies than the original rose bengal medium while reducing the number of mucorales colonies and the number of total fungi by 99% and 70%, respectively [8].
• The Mucorales have opposite sex types and when mated, beta-carotene production is increased 15 to 20 times [9].
• All Basidiomycotina screened were sensitive to validamycin A, whereas most Ascomycotina and all Mucorales and Oomycetes were insensitive [10].

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