Sustainable, Targeted, and Cost-Effective Laccase-Based Bioremediation Technologies for Antibiotic Residues in the Ecosystem: A Comprehensive Review.

Widespread antibiotic residues are accumulating in the environment, potentially causing adverse effects for humans, animals, and the ecosystem, including an increase in antibiotic-resistant bacteria, resulting in worldwide concern. There are various commonly used physical, chemical, and biological treatments for the degradation of antibiotics. However, the elimination of toxic end products generated by physicochemical methods and the need for industrial applications pose significant challenges.

Pezizales in Israel: Molecular Phylogenetic and δCδN Stable Isotope Data Reveal New Records and Potential Discrepancies in Their Trophic Ecology.

The order Pezizales (Ascomycota) consists of cup and truffle fungi growing in a wide range of habitats and geographical zones worldwide, exhibiting diverse nutritional behaviors. In Israel, morphological studies have designated most Pezizales as saprotrophs. We re-screened Pezizales mushrooms collected in northern Israel between 2020-2022 using molecular tools based on DNA sequences of partial large subunit rRNA (28S), internal transcribed spacer (ITS), and partial heat shock protein () regions, along with macro images of each freshly collected samples.

Impact of virulence markers on clinical outcomes in adult populations.

Background: In recent years, associations between specific virulence markers of () and gastrointestinal disorders have been suggested.

Aim: To investigate the presence of virulence factors including vacuolating cytotoxin A genotypes (, , , and ), cytotoxin-associated gene A (A), and urease activity in strains isolated from Arab and Jewish populations in northern Israel and to assess associations between these factors and patients' demographics and clinical outcomes.

Methods: Patients ( = 108) who underwent gastroscopy at the Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poriya due to symptomatic gastroduodenal pathologies as part of diagnosis were enrolled in the study.

Changes in soil bacteria functional ecology associated with Morchella rufobrunnea fruiting in a natural habitat.

Morchella rufobrunnea is a saprobic edible mushroom, found in a range of ecological niches, indicating nutritional adjustment to different habitats and possible interaction with soil prokaryotic microbiome (SPM). Using the 16S rRNA gene, we examined the SPM of M. rufobrunnea that appeared in a natural habitat in Northern Israel.

Synthesis and antibacterial activity of solanum torvum mediated silver nanoparticle against Xxanthomonas axonopodis pv.punicae and Ralstonia solanacearum.

To meet the food demand of growing population, agricultural productivity needs to be increased by employing safe strategies without harming ecosystem. Silver nanoparticle (AgNP) using a green approach has become a promising substitute to the synthetic pesticides to overcome pest menace. In this study, AgNPs were synthesized from Solanum torvum fruit extract and their bactericidal property against phyto bacteria was shown.

Synthesis and application of chitosan-copper nanoparticles on damping off causing plant pathogenic fungi.

Damping-off disease in seeds and young seedlings in agricultural crops is a major fungal disease that limits the agriculture production. Frequent use of synthetic fungicides against damping-off diseases is known to hamper the environmental balance. Thus, an alternative approach needs to be explored for the management of such economically important fungal diseases.

In Vitro Antileishmanial Activity of a Black Morel, Morchella importuna (Ascomycetes).

We studied the anti-Leishmania activity of a fractionated extract from the mushroom Morchella importuna in an in vitro system. Leishmaniasis is an important infectious disease caused by a range of Leishmania species, which are multihost protozoa parasites transmitted to humans by the sand fly and infecting macrophages. Leishmaniasis is an increasing worldwide health problem, including in the Mediterranean basin.

Aroma-volatile profile of black morel (Morchella importuna) grown in Israel.

Background: A headspace solid-phase microextraction method with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was used to profile the aroma volatiles of mature fruiting bodies of Morchella importuna grown in Israel.

Results: We tentatively identified 40 aroma compounds and seven unknown volatiles. The M.

True morels (Morchella)-nutritional and phytochemical composition, health benefits and flavor: A review.

Morels are edible mushrooms appreciated worldwide for their savory flavor. Morels have been in use in traditional medicine for centuries, due to their health-related benefits, and current research demonstrated their anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory bioactivities, in addition to immunostimulatory and anti-tumor properties. In spite of the high demand for morels and their increasing economic importance, their cultivation is limited, and they are either used as wild harvested or fermented in culture, for consumption as a functional food and for food-flavoring.

Laboratory study of fungal bioreceptivity of different fractions of composite flooring tiles showing efflorescence.

Fungi can grow in extreme habitats, such as natural stone and mineral building materials, sometimes causing deterioration. Efflorescence-concentrated salt deposits-results from water movement through building material; it can damage masonry materials and other bricks. Fungal isolate KUR1, capable of growth on, and dissolution of stone chips composing terrazzo-type floor tiles, was isolated from such tiles showing fiber-like crystalline efflorescence.

Biodegradation of p-nitrophenol sorbed onto crystal violet-modified organoclay by Arthrobacter sp. 4Hβ.

Organoclays are effective sorbents for removal of organic contaminants from water, but their regeneration capacity limits their practical use as a biotechnological process for bioremediation. Here, the sorption of p-nitrophenol (PNP) to crystal violet (CV)-modified montmorillonite and its biodegradation by the bacterium Arthrobacter sp. 4Hβ were studied in a batch aqueous system.

Partial identification of antifungal compounds from Punica granatum peel extracts.

Aqueous extracts of pomegranate peels were assayed in vitro for their antifungal activity against six rot fungi that cause fruit and vegetable decay during storage. The growth rates of Alternaria alternata , Stemphylium botryosum , and Fusarium spp. were significantly inhibited by the extracts.

Biotechnology of morel mushrooms: successful fruiting body formation and development in a soilless system.

Morchella spp. ascocarps (morels) are some of the world's most sought-after mushrooms. Successful cultivation of morels is still a rare and difficult task despite over 100 years of effort.

Comparison of rose bengal-chloramphenicol and modified aureomycin-rose bengal-glucose-peptone agar as media for the enumeration of molds and yeasts in water by membrane filtration techniques.

The present study compares the suitability of rose bengalchloramphenicol (RBCh) and modified aureomycin-rose bengal glucose-peptone agar for enumerating fungi recovered from diverse water sources using the membrane filtration method. Both mold and yeast colonies were established more rapidly, with more intensified colony colors and higher RBCh counts.

External ultrastructure of fruit body initiation in Morchella.

The external morphological changes occurring during initiation and early stages of fruit body development of a Morchella sp., before the development of asci, were examined by scanning electron microscopy. Four stages of primordial development were distinguished.