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University of Szeged, Faculty of Sciences

Department of Microbiology

International collaborations of the Department

Dr. Christophe Bruel, Dr. Christine Rascle, Dr. Michel Fevre
Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire Fongique, UMR 5122 CNRS INSA UCB, Université Claude Bernard Lyon

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Cotton, P., Kasza, Zs., Bruel, C., Rascle, C., and Fevre, M. (2003). Ambient pH controls the expression of endopolygalacturonase genes in the necrotrophic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. FEMS Microbiol. Lett.227, 163-169.


Antal Z, Rascle C, Fevre M, Bruel C: Single Oligonucleotide Nested PCR : a rapid method for the isolation of genes and their flanking regions from expressed sequence tags. Curr. Genet. 46 (4) : 240-246 (2004)

Prof. Arturo Eslava, Dr. Enrique Iturriaga, Dr. Antonio Velayos
Área de Genética, Departamento de Microbiología y Genetica, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Salamanca, Spanyolország

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Papp, T., Velayos, A., Bartók, T., Eslava, A., Vágvölgyi, Cs., and Iturriaga, E. (2005) Heterologous expression of astaxanthin biosynthesis genes in Mucor circinelloides . Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 69, 526-531.


Iturriaga, E.A., Papp, T., Breum, J., Arnau, J. and Eslava, A.P. (2005) Strain and culture conditions improvement for b-carotene production in Mucor . In: Microbial Processes and Products, Methods in Biothenology series - Vol. 18 (ed. Barredo, J-L.). Humana Press,USA. pp. 239-256.

Dr. Wladyslav I. Golubev
Russia Collection of Microorganisms (VKM), Institute for Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino 142290, Russia

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Golubev W.I., Pfeiffer, I., and Golubeva E. (2002). Mycocin production in Trichosporon pullulans populations colonizing tree exudates in the spring. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 40, 151-157.


Golubev W.I., Pfeiffer, I., Churkina, L.G., Golubeva, E. (2003). Double-stranded RNA viruses in mycocinogenic strain of Cystofilobasidium imfirmominiatum. FEMS Yeast Res. 3, 63-68


Pfeiffer I., Kucsera, J., Gácser, A., Litter, J., Golubev, W.I. (2002). Diversity of extrachromosomal genetic elements in yeasts (a review). Acta Microbiol. Immunol. Hung. 49, 315-319.


Pfeiffer, I., Golubev, W.I., Farkas, Z., Kucsera, J., Golubev, N. (2004): Mycocin production in Cryptococcus aquaticus. Anton. Leeuw. Int. J. G. 86, 369-375.


Pfeiffer,I., Farkas, Z., Golubev, W.I. (2004): dsRNA viruses in Nadsonia fulvescens. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 50, 97-100.
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Pfeiffer, I., Golubev, W.I., Farkas, Z., Kucsera, J., Golubev, N. (2005): Mycocin production in Cryptococcus aquaticus . Anton. Leeuw. Int. J. G. 86, 369-375.


Golubev W.I., Pfeiffer I., Golubeva E. (2006) Mycocin production in Pseudozyma tsukubaensis . Mycopathologia 162, 313-316.


Golubev WI, Pfeiffer I, Tomashevskaya MA (2008) Cryptococcus pinus sp. nov., an anamorphic basidiomycetous yeast isolated from pine litter. Int. J. System. Evol. Microbiol. 58(Pt 8): 1968-1971.
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Dr. Zofia Kozakiewicz
CABI Bioscience UK Centre, Bakeham Lane, Egham, UK

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Varga, J., Kevei, F., Fekete, Cs., Coenen, A., Kozakiewicz, Z., and Croft J. H. (1993). Restriction fragment length polymorphisms in the mitochondrial DNAs of the Aspergillus niger aggregate. Mycol. Res. 97, 1207-1212.

Varga, J., Kevei, F., Vriesema, A., Debets, F., Kozakiewicz, Z., and Croft, J. H. (1994). Mitochondrial DNA restriction fragment length polymorphisms in field isolates of the Aspergillus niger aggregate. Can. J. Microbiol. 40, 612-621.

Kevei F, Hamari ZS, Varga J, Kozakiewicz Z, Croft JH: Molecular polymorphism and phenotypic variation in Aspergillus carbonarius , Anton. Leeuw. Int. J. G.  70 (1) : 59-66 (1996)


Varga, J., Kevei, É., Rinyu, E., Téren, J., and Kozakiewicz, Z. (1996). Ochratoxin production by Aspergillus species. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62, 4461-4464.

Varga, J., Rinyu, E., Kiss, I., Botos, B., and Kozakiewicz, Z. (1997). Carbon source utilization and isoenzyme analysis as taxonomic aids for toxigenic Neosartorya species and their relatives. Acta Microbiol. Immunol. Hung. 44, 17-27.

Hamari, Zs., Kevei, F., Kovács, É., Varga, J., Kozakiewicz, Z., and Croft, J. H. Molecular and phenotypic characterisation of Aspergillus japonicus and A. aculeatus strains with special regard to their mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms, Anton. Leeuw. Int. J. G. 72 (4) : 337-347 (1997)


Varga, J., Rinyu, E., Kevei, É., Tóth, B., and Kozakiewicz, Z. (1998). Double-stranded RNA mycoviruses in species of Aspergillus sections Circumdati and Fumigati. Can. J. Microbiol. 44, 569-574.

Rinyu, E., Varga, J., Kozakiewicz, Z., and Ferenczy, L. (2000). Phenotypic and genotypic variability within Aspergillus section Fumigati. In: Integration of molecular and morphological approaches to Aspergillus and Penicillium taxonomy (Eds. Samson, R.A. and Pitt, J.I.) Harwood Academic Press, Singapore, 483-492.

Varga, J., Kevei, F., Hamari, Zs., Tóth, B., Téren, J., Croft, J. H., and Kozakiewicz, Z. (2000). Genotypic and phenotypic variability among black Aspergilli. In: Integration of molecular and morphological approaches to Aspergillus and Penicillium taxonomy (Eds. Samson, R.A. and Pitt, J.I.) Harwood Academic Press, Singapore, 397-411.

Varga, J., Tóth, B., Kevei, É., Palágyi, A., and Kozakiewicz, Z. (2000). Analysis of genetic variability within the Petromyces genus. Anton. Leeuw. Int. J. G. 77, 83-89.

Varga, J., Kevei, É., Tóth, B., Kozakiewicz, Z., and Hoekstra, R.F. (2000). Molecular analysis of variability within the toxigenic Aspergillus ochraceus species. Can. J. Microbiol. 46, 593-599.

Varga, J., Tóth, B., Rigó, K., Téren, J., Kozakiewicz, Z., and Hoekstra, R. F. (2000). Phylogenetic analysis of Aspergillus section Circumdati based on sequences of the internal transcribed spacer regions and the 5.8 S rRNA gene. Fungal Genet. Biol. 30, 71-80.

Varga, J., Tóth, B., Rigó, K., Debets, F., and Kozakiewicz, Z. (2000). Genetic variability within the Aspergillus viridinutans species. Folia Microbiol. 45, 423-428.

Rigó, K., Varga, J., Tóth, B., Mesterházy, Á., and Kozakiewicz, Z. (2002). Phylogenetic analysis of Aspergillus section Flavi based on sequences of the internal transcribed spacer regions and the 5.8 S rRNA gene. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 48, 9-16.

Varga, J., Rigó, K., Molnár, J., Szencz, S., Téren, J., and Kozakiewicz, Z. (2003). Mycotoxin production and evolutionary relationships among species of Aspergillus section Clavati. Anton. Leeuw. Int. J. G. 83, 191-200.

Varga, J., Rigó, K., Tóth, B., Téren, J., and Kozakiewicz, Z. (2003). Evolutionary relationships among Aspergillus species producing economically important mycotoxins. Food Technol. Biotechnol. 41, 29-36.

Varga, J., Rigó, K., Molnár, J., Szencz, S., Téren, J., Kozakiewicz, Z. (2003). Mycotoxin production and evolutionary relationships among species of Aspergillus section Clavati. Anton. Leeuw. Int. J. G. 83: 191-200.

Varga, J., Juhász, Á., Kevei, F., and Kozakiewicz, Z. (2003): Molecular diversity of agriculturally important Aspergillus species. In: Molecular Diversity and PCR-detection of Toxigenic Fusarium Species and Ochratoxigenic Fungi (G. Mule, JA Bailey, B.M. Cooke and A. Logrieco, Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publ. 627-640

Varga, J., Juhász, Á., Kevei, F., and Kozakiewicz, Z. (2004). Molecular diversity of agriculturally important Aspergillus species. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 110, 627-640.

Varga, J., Kozakiewicz, Z. (2006) Invited review: Ochratoxin A in grapes and grape-derived products. Trends Food Sci. Technol. 17, 72-81

Varga, J., Rigó, K., Kocsubé, S., Pál, K., Tóth, B., Samson, R.A., Kozakiewicz, Z. (2006) Evolutionary relationships among economically important species of Aspergillus subgenera Aspergillus and Fumigati . In:Sharma AK, Sharma A (Eds) Plant genome: diversity and evolution Vol 2B. Cryptogams. Enfield: Science Publishers, Inc., pp. 285-332

Varga J, Koncz Z, Kocsubé S, Matrai T, Teren J, Ostry V, Skarkova J, Ruprich J, Kubatova A, Kozakiewicz Z (2007) Mycobiota of grapes collected in Hungarian and Czech vineyards in 2004. Acta Aliment. 36, 329-341.


Perrone G, Varga J, Susca A, Frisvad JC, Stea G, Kocsubé S, Tóth B, Kozakiewicz Z, Samson RA (2008) Aspergillus uvarum sp. nov., an uniseriate black Aspergillus species isolated from grapes in Europe. Int. J. System. Evol. Microbiol. 58, 1032-1039.
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Prof. Christian P. Kubicek, Dr. Irina Druzhinina, Dr. Monika Schmoll
Research Division "Gene Technology and Applied Biochemistry", Institute of Chemical Engineering and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna University of Technology, Ausztria)

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Hatvani L, Antal Z, Manczinger L, Szekeres A, Druzhinina IS, Kubicek CP, Nagy A, Nagy E, Vágvölgyi C, Kredics L (2007) Green mould diseases of Agaricus and Pleurotus are caused by related but phylogenetically different Trichoderma species. Phytopathology 97, 532-537.
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Komon-Zelazowska M, Bissett J, Zafari D, Hatvani L, Manczinger L, Woo S, Lorito M, Kredics L, Kubicek CP, Druzhinina IS (2007) Genetically closely related but phenotypically divergent Trichoderma species cause world-wide green mould disease in oyster mushroom farms. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73, 7415-7426.


Druzhinina IS, Komon-Zelazowska M, Kredics L, Hatvani L, Antal Z, Belayneh T, Kubicek CP (2008) Alternative reproductive strategies of Hypocrea orientalis and genetically close but clonal Trichoderma longibrachiatum , both capable to cause invasive mycoses of humans Microbiology-SGM 154: 3447-3459.
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Hatvani L, Kocsubé S, Manczinger L, Antal Z, Szekeres A, Druzhinina IS, Komon-Zelazowska M, Kubicek CP, Nagy A, Vágvölgyi C, Kredics L (2008) The green mould disease global threat to the cultivation of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus ): a review. In Gruening M (szerk.) Science and cultivation of edible and medicinal fungi: Mushroom Science XVII : Proceedings of the 17th Congress of the International Society for Mushroom Science, Cape Town, South Africa, 20-24 May 2008. &, Dél-Afrika, 2008.05.20-2008.05.24. Pretoria: pp. 485-495.

Hatvani L, Manczinger L, Druzhinina IS, Komon-Zelazowska M, Kubicek CP, Nagy A, Tishenkov A, Vágvölgyi C, Kredics L. Zelenaja pleszeny. Shkola Gribovodstva 60:(6) pp. 28-33. (2009)

Kredics L, Kocsubé S, Nagy L, Komon-Zelazowska M, Manczinger L, Sajben E, Nagy A, Vágvölgyi C, Kubicek CP, Druzhinina IS, Hatvani L. Molecular identification of Trichoderma species associated with Pleurotus ostreatus and natural substrates of the oyster mushroom. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 300:(1) pp. 58-67. (2009)


Palanisamy Manikandan, Venkatapathy Narendran
Ocular Microbiology Laboratory, Aravind Eye Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Kredics L, Varga J, Kocsubé S, Dóczi I, Samson RA, Rajaraman R, Narendran V, Bhaskar M, Vágvölgyi C, Manikandan P (2007) Case of keratitis caused by Aspergillus tamarii . J. Clin. Microbiol. 45, 3464-3467.


Manikandan P Vismer HF, Kredics L, Dóczi I, Marasas WFO, Bhaskar M, Anita R, Revathi R, Narendran V (2008) Corneal ulcer due to Neocosmospora vasinfecta in an immunocompetent patient. Med. Mycol. 46, 279-284.
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Manikandan P, Dóczi I, Kocsubé S, Varga J, Németh TM, Antal Z, Vágvölgyi C, Bhaskar M, Kredics L (2008) Aspergillus species in human keratomycosis. In: Varga J, Samson R (ed.) Aspergillus in the genomic era. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2008. pp. 293-328.

Kredics L, Varga J, Kocsubé S, Revathi R, Raghavan A, Dóczi I, Bhaskar M, Németh TM, Antal Z, Narendran V, Vágvölgyi C, Samson RA, Manoharan C, Manikandan P (2009) Infectious keratitis caused by Aspergillus tubingensis. Cornea, 29: 951-954
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Kredics L, Varga J, Antal Z, Samson RA, Kocsubé S, Narendran V, Bhaskar M, Manoharan C, Vágvölgyi C, Manikandan P (2008) Black aspergilli in tropical infections. Rev. Med. Microbiol. 19: 65-78.
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Manikandan P, Varga J, Kocsubé S, Samson RA, Anita R, Revathi R, Dóczi I, Németh TM, Narendran V, Vágvölgyi C, Manoharan C, Kredics L. Mycotic keratitis due to Aspergillus nomius . J. Clin. Microbiol. 47:(10) pp. 3382-3385. (2009)


Manikandan P, Varga J, Kocsubé S, Revathi R, Anita R, Dóczi I, Németh TM, Narendran V, Vágvölgyi C, Bhaskar M, Manoharan C, Samson RA, Kredics L. Keratitis caused by the recently described new species Aspergillus brasiliensis : two case reports. J. Med. Case Rep. 4: p. 68. (2010)
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Manikandan P, Galgóczy L, Panneer Selvam K, Shobana S, Kocsubé S, Vágvölgyi C, Narendran V, Kredics L. Chapter 28. Fusarium In: Liu D (Ed.) Molecular Detection of Human Fungal Pathogens. London: Taylor & Francis Group, 2010. p. in press.

Manikandan P, Vágvölgyi C, Narendran V, Panneer Selvam K, Kredics L. Chapter 42. Neocosmospora . In: Liu D (Ed.) Molecular Detection of Human Fungal Pathogens. London: Taylor & Francis Group, 2010. p. in press.

Dr. Shahram Naeimi
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Kredics L, García Jimenez L, Naeimi S, Czifra D, Urbán P, Manczinger L, Vágvölgyi C, Hatvani L. A challenge to mushroom growers: the green mould disease of cultivated champignons. In: Méndez-Vilas A (szerk.) Current Research, Technology and Education Topics in Applied Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology. Badajoz: FORMATEX, 2010. p. in press.

Naeimi S, Khodaparast SA, Okhovvat SM, Javan-Nikkhah M, Vágvölgyi C, Kredics L. Biodiversity of the genus Trichoderma in rice fields of Mazandaran province, Northern Iran. In: Bona L, Pauk J (Ed.) Proceedings of the 3rd IFSDAA International Seminar on Crop Science for Food security, Bio-energy and Sustainability. Szeged, Magyarország, 2010.06.01-2010.06.04. Szeged: 2010. p. in press.

Naeimi S, Kocsubé S, Antal Z, Okhovvat SM, Javan-Nikkhah M, Vágvölgyi C, Kredics L. Biocontrol of rice sheath blight by Trichoderma : selection of promising BCAs and development of strain specific monitoring tools. IOBC/WPRS Bull. in press (2010)

Naeimi S, Okhovvat SM, Javan-Nikkhah M, Kredics L, Khosravi V. Frequency and distribution of Trichoderma spp. in the rice fields of Mazandaran province, Iran: Iran. J. Plant. Prot. Sci. 40: (2) pp. 79-91. (2010)

Naeimi S, Kocsubé S, Antal Z, Okhovvat SM, Javan-Nikkhah M, Vágvölgyi C, Kredics L. Strain-specific SCAR markers for the detection of Trichoderma harzianum AS12-2, a biological control agent against Rhizoctonia solani , the causal agent of rice sheath blight. Acta Biol. Hung. (ISSN: 0236-5383) 62: (1) p. in press. (2011)

Naeimi S, Okhovvat SM, Javan-Nikkhah M, Vágvölgyi C, Khosravi V, Kredics L. Biological control of Rhizoctonia solani AG1-1A, the causal agent of rice sheath blight with Trichoderma strains. Phytopathol. Mediterr. in press (2010).

Dr. Joshua D. Nosanchuk
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Gácser A, Stehr F, Kröger C, Kredics L, Schäfer W, Nosanchuk JD (2007) Lipase 8 affects the pathogenesis of Candida albicans . Infect. Immun. 7 5, 4710-4718.


Nosanchuk JD, Gácser A (2008) Histoplasma capsulatum at the host-pathogen interface. Review. Microbes Infect. 10(9):973-977.


Tallóczy Z, Martinez J, Joset D, Ray Y, Gácser A, Toussi S, Mizushima N, Nosanchuk JD, Goldstein H, Loike J, Sulzer D, Santambrogio L. (2008) Methamphetamine inhibits antigen processing, presentation, and phagocytosis. PLoS Pathogens 4(2):e28 Epub ahead of print
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Lázár-Molnár E, Gácser A, Freeman GJ, Almo SC, Nathenson SG, Nosanchuk JD (2008) The PD-1/PD-L costimulatory pathway critically affects host resistance to the pathogenic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 2658-2663.
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Shi L, Albuquerque PC, Lazar-Molnar E, Wang X, Santambrogio L, Gácser A, Nosanchuk JD (2008) A monoclonal antibody to Histoplasma capsulatum alters the intracellular fate of the fungus in murine macrophages. Eukaryot. Cell 7(7):1109-1117.


Trofa D, Gácser A, Nosanchuk JD (2008) Candida parapsilosis , an emerging fungal pathogen. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 21(4):606-625.
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Trofa D, Agovino M, Stehr F, Schäfer W, Rykunov D, Fiser A, Hamari Z, Nosanchuk JD, Gácser A. Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) reduces damage to reconstituted human tissues infected with Candida species by inhibiting extracellular fungal lipases. Microbes Infect. 2009 Dec;11(14-15):1131-1139.


Prof. Mirja Salkinoja-Salonen, Dr. Maria Andersson
Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Finnország

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Antal Z, Kredics L, Pakarinen J, Dóczi I, Andersson M, Salkinoja-Salonen M, Manczinger L, Szekeres A, Hatvani L, Vágvölgyi C, Nagy E: Comparative study of potential virulence factors in human pathogenic and saprophytic Trichoderma longibrachiatum strains, Acta Microbiol. Immunol. Hung. 52(3-4), 341-350 (2005)


Kredics L, Pakarinen J, Antal Z, Andersson M, Manczinger L, Salkinoja-Salonen M, Vágvölgyi C, Nagy E: Production of extracellular proteases and toxic metabolites by Trichoderma strains isolated from opportunistic infections. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 11(S2), 287 (2005)

Andersson M, Mikkola R, Raulio M, Kredics L, Maijala P, Salkinoja-Salonen M (2009) Acrebol, a novel toxic peptaibol produced by an Acremonium exuviarum indoor isolate. J. Appl. Microbiol. 106: 909-923.


Kruglov AG, Andersson MA, Mikkola R, Roivainen M, Kredics L, Saris NEL, Salkinoja-Salonen MS. Novel mycotoxin from Acremonium exuviarum is a powerful inhibitor of the mitochondrial respiratory chain complex III. Chem. Res. Toxicol. 22: 565-573 (2009)
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Prof. Robert A. Samson
Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Utrecht, Hollandia

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Varga, J., Rigó, K., Kocsubé, S., Pál, K., Tóth, B., Samson, R.A., Kozakiewicz, Z. (2006) Evolutionary relationships among economically important species of Aspergillus subgenera Aspergillus and Fumigati . In:Sharma AK, Sharma A (Eds) Plant genome: diversity and evolution Vol 2B. Cryptogams. Enfield: Science Publishers, Inc., pp. 285-332

Varga J, Kocsube S, Toth B, Frisvad JC, Perrone G, Susca A, Meijer M, Samson RA (2007) Aspergillus brasiliensis sp nov., a biseriate black Aspergillus species with world-wide distribution. Int. J. System. Evol. Microbiol. 57, 1925-1932.
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Samson RA, Varga J (eds) (2007) Aspergillus systematics in the genomic era. Stud. Mycol. 59: 1-206.

Varga J, Frisvad J, Samson RA (2007) Polyphasic taxonomy of Aspergillus section Candidi based on molecular, morphological and physiological data. Stud. Mycol. 59, 75-88.
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Varga J, Due M, Frisvad J, Samson RA (2007) Taxonomic revision of Aspergillus section Clavati based on molecular, morphological and physiological data. Stud. Mycol. 59, 89-106.
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Samson RA, Hong S, Peterson SW, Frisvad JC, Varga J (2007) Polyphasic taxonomy of Aspergillus section Fumigati and its teleomorph Neosartorya . Stud. Mycol. 59, 147-203.
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Samson RA, Noonim P, Meijer M, Houbraken J, Frisvad JC, Varga J (2007) Diagnostic tools to identify black aspergilli. Stud. Mycol. 59, 129-145.
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Houbraken J, Due M, Varga J, Meijer M, Frisvad JC, Samson RA (2007) Polyphasic taxonomy of Aspergillus section Usti . Stud. Mycol. 59, 107-128.
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Samson RA, Varga J, Witiak SM, Geiser DM (2007) The species concept in Aspergillus : recommendations of an international panel. Stud. Mycol.  59, 71-73.
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Perrone G, Susca A, Cozzi G, Ehrlich K, Varga J, Frisvad JC, Meijer M, Noonim P, Mahakarnchanakul W, Samson RA (2007) Biodiversity of Aspergillus species in some important agricultural products. Stud. Mycol. 59: 53-66.
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Balajee SA, Houbraken J, Verweij PE, Hong S-B, Yaghuchi T, Varga J, Samson RA (2007) Aspergillus species identification in the clinical setting. Stud. Mycol. 59, 39-46.
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Geiser DM, Klich MA, Frisvad JC, Peterson SW, Varga J, Samson RA (2007) The current status of species recognition and identification in Aspergillus . Stud. Mycol. 59, 1-10.
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Verweij PE, Varga J, Houbraken J, Rijs AJ, Verduynlunel FM, Blijlevens NM, Shea YR, Holland SM, Warris A, Melchers WJ, Samson RA (2008) Emericella quadrilineata as cause of invasive Aspergillosis. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 14, 566-572.
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Varga J, Samson R (ed.) Aspergillus in the genomic era. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2008.
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Geiser DM, Samson RA, Varga J, Rokas A, Witiak SM (2008) A review of molecular phylogenetics in Aspergillus, and prospects for a robust genus-wide phylogeny. In: Varga J, Samson R (ed.) Aspergillus in the genomic era. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2008. pp. 17-32.

Peterson SW, Varga J, Frisvad JC, Samson RA (2008)Phylogeny and subgeneric taxonomy of Aspergillus. In: Varga J, Samson R (ed.) Aspergillus in the genomic era. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2008. pp. 33-56.

Noonim P, Mahakarnchanakul W, Varga J, Samson RA (2008) Aspergilli and ochratoxin A in coffee. In: Varga J, Samson R (ed.) Aspergillus in the genomic era. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2008. pp. 213-232.

Pildain MB, Frisvad JC, Vaamonde G, Cabral D, Varga J, Samson RA (2008) Two novel aflatoxin-producing Aspergillus species from Argentinean peanuts. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 58, 725-735
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Perrone G, Varga J, Susca A, Frisvad JC, Stea G, Kocsubé S, Tóth B, Kozakiewicz Z, Samson RA (2008) Aspergillus uvarum sp. nov., an uniseriate black Aspergillus species isolated from grapes in Europe. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 58, 1032-1039.
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Hong S-B, Shin H-D, Hong J, Frisvad JC, Nielsen PV, Varga J, Samson RA (2008) New taxa of Neosartorya and Aspergillus in Aspergillus section Fumigati . Anton. Leeuw. Int. J. G. 93, 87-98.


Varga J, Houbraken J, Van Der Lee HAL, Verweij PE, Samson RA (2008) Aspergillus calidoustus sp. nov., causative agent of human infections previously assigned to Aspergillus ustus . Eukaryot. Cell, 7, 630-638.


Houbraken J, Varga J, Rico-Munoz E, Johnson S, Samson RA (2008) Sexual reproduction as the cause of heat resistance in the food spoilage fungus Byssochlamys spectabilis (Anamorph Paecilomyces variotii ). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74, 1613-1619.


Varga J, Houbraken J, Samson RA, Frisvad JC (2008) Molecular diversity of Aspergillus and Penicillium species on fruits and vegetables. In: Mycotoxins in fruits and vegetables (Barkai-Golan R, Paster N) Academic Press, pp. 205-223

Samson RA, Varga J, Dyer PS (2008) Morphology and asexuality of A. fumigatus. In: Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillosis (Latgé J & Steinbach WJ, eds.) ASM Press pp. 7-13

Samson RA, Varga J (2009) Molecular systematics of the Aspergillus genus and its teleomorphs. In Aspergillus : Molecular Biology and Genomics (Machida M & Gomi K, eds.) Horizon Scientific Press pp. 19-40.

Noonim P., Mahakarnchanakul W., Varga J., Frisvad J.C., Samson R.A. (2008) Two new species of Aspergillus section Nigri from Thai coffee beans. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 58: 1727-1734.

Zalar, P., Frisvad, J.C., Gunde-Cimerman, N., Varga, J. and Samson, R.A., 2008. Four new species of Emericella from the Mediterranean region of Europe. Mycologia 100: 779-795.
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Samson RA, Varga J (2008) What is a species in Aspergillus ? Medical Mycology 47: S13-S20

Varga J, Samson RA (2008) Ribotoxin genes in isolates of Aspergillus section Clavati. Anton. Leeuw. Int. J. G. 94: 481-485.


Snelders E, van der Lee HAL, Kuijpers J, Rijs AJMM, Varga J, Samson RA, Mellado E, Donders ART, Melchers WJG, Verweij PE (2008). Emergence of azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus and spread of a single resistance mechanism. PLoS Medicine 5: e219
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Balajee SA, Baddley JW, Peterson SW, Nickle D, Varga J, Boey A, Lass-Florl C, Frisvad JC, Samson RA (2009) Aspergillus alabamensis, a new clinically relevant species in the section Terrei . Eukaryot. Cell 8: 713-722
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Varga J, Frisvad JC, Samson RA (2009) A reappraisal of fungi producing aflatoxins. World Mycotoxin J. 2: 263-277
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Samson RA, Houbraken J, Varga J, Frisvad JC (2009) Polyphasic taxonomy of the heat resistant ascomycete genus Byssochlamys and its Paecilomyces anamorphs. Persoonia 22: 14-27
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Kredics L, Varga J, Kocsubé S, Revathi R, Raghavan A, Dóczi I, Bhaskar M, Németh TM, Antal Z, Narendran V, Vágvölgyi C, Samson RA, Manoharan C, Manikandan P (2009) Infectious keratitis caused by Aspergillus tubingensis. Cornea, 29: 951-954
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Kredics L, Varga J, Antal Z, Samson RA, Kocsubé S, Narendran V, Bhaskar M, Manoharan C, Vágvölgyi C, Manikandan P (2008) Black aspergilli in tropical infections. Rev. Med. Microbiol. 19: 65-78.
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Manikandan P, Varga J, Kocsubé S, Samson RA, Anita R, Revathi R, Dóczi I, Németh TM, Narendran V, Vágvölgyi C, Manoharan C, Kredics L. Mycotic keratitis due to Aspergillus nomius . J. Clin. Microbiol. 47:(10) pp. 3382-3385. (2009)


Manikandan P, Varga J, Kocsubé S, Revathi R, Anita R, Dóczi I, Németh TM, Narendran V, Vágvölgyi C, Bhaskar M, Manoharan C, Samson RA, Kredics L. Keratitis caused by the recently described new species Aspergillus brasiliensis : two case reports. J. Med. Case Rep. 4: p. 68. (2010)
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Prof. Claudio Scazocchio
Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR CNRS C8621, Université de Paris-XI, Centre d'Orsay, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Amillis S, Hamari Z, Roumelioti K, Scazzocchio C, Diallinas G (2007) Regulation of expression and kinetic modeling of substrate interactions of a uracil transporter in Aspergillus nidulans . Mol. Membr. Biol. 24: 206-214.
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Hamari, Zs., Amillis, S., Drevet, C., Apostolaki, A., Vágvölgyi, Cs., Diallinas, G. and Scazzocchio, C. (2009) Convergent evolution and orphan genes in the FUR4-like family and characterisation of a general nucleoside transporter in Aspergillus nidulans . Mol. Microbiol. 73(1), 43-57.


Prof. Kanji Takeo
Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial Toxicoses, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Kucsera, J., Yarita, K., and Takeo, K. (2000). Simple detection method for distinguishing dead and living yeast colonies. J. Microbiol. Meth. 41, 19-21.

Kucsera, J., Pfeiffer, I., and Takeo, K. (2000) Biology of the red yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous (Phaffia rhodozyma). Mycoscience 41, 195-201.

Kucsera, J., Yarita, K., Takeo, K., Yoshida, S., Gácser, A., Hamari, Zs., Avasi, Z., and Kevei, F. (2002). Intra-strain variability of Cryptococcus neoformans can be detected on Phloxin B medium. J. Bas. Microbiol. 42, 111-119.

Sugita T, Takeo K, Hama K, Virtudazo E, Takashima M, Nishikawa A, Kucsera J, Dorog J, Komori S, Nakagaki K, Vollekova A, Slavikova E, Farka V (2005) DNA sequence diversity of intergenic spacer I region in the non-lipid-dependent species Malassezia pachydermatis isolated from animals. Med. Mycol. 43 (1): 21-26

Keszthelyi A, Ohkusu M, Takeo K, Pfeiffer I, Litter J, Kucsera J (2006) Characterisation of the anticryptococcal effect of the FC-1 toxin produced by Filobasidium capsuligenum . MYCOSES 49 (3): 176-183

Prof. Giovanni Vannacci, Dr. Sabrina Sarrocco
Department of Tree Science, Entomology and Plant Pathology "G. Scaramuzzi," Plant Pathology Section, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Pisa, Olaszország

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Hatvani L, Sarrocco S, Vannacci G, Forti M, Manczinger L, Vágvölgyi C, Kredics L: Involvement of extracellular enzyme systems in the pathogenesis of Trichoderma pleurotum towards oyster mushroom. In: FEMS 2009: 3rd Congress of European Microbiologists: Microbes and Man - interdependence and future challenges Book of Abstracts, CD-ROM (2009)

Hatvani L, Sarrocco S, Vannacci G, Forti M, Manczinger L, Vágvölgyi C, Kredics L: Extracellular enzyme systems involved in the pathogenesis of Trichoderma pleurotum towards oyster mushroom. Acta Microbiol. Immunol. Hung. 56 (S) pp. 162. (2009)

Dr. Kerstin Voigt, Dr. Kerstin Hoffmann
University of Jena, Institute of Microbiology, Fungal Reference Centre, Jena, Germany

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Voigt K, Hoffmann K, Einax E, Eckart M, Papp T, Vágvölgyi C, Olsson L (2009) Revision of the family structure of the Mucorales (Mucoromycotina, Zygomycetes) based on multigene-genealogies: Phylogenetic analyses suggest a bigeneric Phycomycetaceae with Spinellus as sister group to Phycomyces. In: Current Advances in Molecular Mycology. (ed. Y. Gherbawy) Nova Science Publishers, USA.

Hoffmann K, Telle S, Walther G, Eckart M, Kirchmair M, Prillinger HJ, Prazenica A, Newcombe G, Dölz F, Papp T, Vágvölgyi C, deHoog S, Olsson L, Voigt K (2009) Diversity, genotypic identification, ultrastructural and phylogenetic characterization of zygomycetes from different ecological habitats and climatic regions: Limitations and utility of nuclear ribosomal DNA barcode markers. In: Current Advances in Molecular Mycology. (ed. Y. Gherbawy) Nova Science Publishers, USA.

Hungarian collaborations of the Department

Dr. Ilona Dóczi
University of Szeged, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Microbiology

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Kredics L, Varga J, Kocsubé S, Dóczi I, Samson RA, Rajaraman R, Narendran V, Bhaskar M, Vágvölgyi C, Manikandan P (2007) Case of keratitis caused by Aspergillus tamarii. J. Clin. Microbiol. 45, 3464-3467.


Manikandan P Vismer HF, Kredics L, Dóczi I, Marasas WFO, Bhaskar M, Anita R, Revathi R, Narendran V (2008) Corneal ulcer due to Neocosmospora vasinfecta in an immunocompetent patient. Med. Mycol. 46, 279-284.
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Manikandan P, Dóczi I, Kocsubé S, Varga J, Németh TM, Antal Z, Vágvölgyi C, Bhaskar M, Kredics L (2008) Aspergillus species in human keratomycosis. In: Varga J, Samson R (ed.) Aspergillus in the genomic era. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2008. pp. 293-328.

Kredics L, Varga J, Kocsubé S, Revathi R, Raghavan A, Dóczi I, Bhaskar M, Németh TM, Antal Z, Narendran V, Vágvölgyi C, Samson RA, Manoharan C, Manikandan P (2009) Infectious keratitis caused by Aspergillus tubingensis. Cornea, 29: 951-954
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Manikandan P, Varga J, Kocsubé S, Revathi R, Anita R, Dóczi I, Németh TM, Narendran V, Vágvölgyi C, Bhaskar M, Manoharan C, Samson RA, Kredics L. Keratitis caused by the recently described new species Aspergillus brasiliensis: two case reports. J. Med. Case Rep. 4: p. 68. (2010)
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Kredics L, Antal ZS, Manczinger L, Dóczi I, Kevei F, Nagy E: Clinical importance of the genus Trichoderma - a review. Acta Microbiol. Immunol. Hung. 50 (2-3) : 105-117 (2003)


Kredics, L., Antal, Zs., Varga, J., Manczinger, L., Szekeres, A., Kocsubé, S., Dóczi, I., Láday, M., Kevei,F., and Nagy, E. (2003). Genetic variability and antifungal susceptibilities of clinical Trichoderma isolates. Proceedings of Trends in Medical Mycology, 9th Congress of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology and 7th Trends in Invasive Fungal Infections (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Sept. 28-Oct. 1, 2003) pp. 133-136.

Dóczi I, Gyetvai T, Kredics L, Nagy E: Involvement of Fusarium spp. in fungal keratitis. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 10 (9) : 773-776 (2004)


Kredics L, Antal Z, Szekeres A, Manczinger L, Dóczi I, Kevei F, Nagy E: Production of extracellular proteases by human pathogenic Trichoderma longibrachiatum strains, Acta Microbiol. Immunol. Hung. 51 (3) : 283-295 (2004)


Dóczi I, Dósa E, Varga J, Antal Z, Kredics L, Nagy E: Etest for assessing the susceptibility of filamentous fungi. Acta Microbiol. Immunol. Hung. 51 (3) : 271-281 (2004)


Antal Z, Kredics L, Pakarinen J, Dóczi I, Andersson M, Salkinoja-Salonen M, Manczinger L, Szekeres A, Hatvani L, Vágvölgyi C, Nagy E: Comparative study of potential virulence factors in human pathogenic and saprophytic Trichoderma longibrachiatum strains. Acta Microbiol. Immunol. Hung. 52(3-4), 341-350 (2005)


Dr. Gyetvai Tamás
Szegedi Tudományegyetem ÁOK Szemészeti Klinika

Az eddigi együttmuködésbol született közlemények:

Dóczi I, Gyetvai T, Kredics L, Nagy E: Involvement of Fusarium spp. in fungal keratitis, Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 10 (9) : 773-776 (2004)


Dóczi I, Gyetvai T, Szécsi Á, Nagy E: Fungal keratitis due to Fusarium verticillioides in Hungary. Trends in Medical Mycology, 9th Congress of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology and 7th Trends in Invasive Fungal Infections, Amsterdam, Hollandia (2003)

Dr. Tamás Gyetvai
Department of Opthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Dóczi I, Gyetvai T, Kredics L, Nagy E: Involvement of Fusarium spp. in fungal keratitis, Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 10 (9) : 773-776 (2004)


Dóczi I, Gyetvai T, Szécsi Á, Nagy E: Fungal keratitis due to Fusarium verticillioides in Hungary. Trends in Medical Mycology, 9th Congress of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology and 7th Trends in Invasive Fungal Infections, Amsterdam, Hollandia (2003)

Dr. Béla Hopp
Laser physics group (Hungarian Academy of Sciences - University of Szeged)

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Hopp B, Smausz T, Barna N, Vass C, Antal Z, Kredics L, Chrisey D: Time-resolved study of absorbing film assisted laser induced forward transfer of Trichoderma longibrachiatum conidia. J. Phys. D. - Appl. Phys. 38, 833-837 (2005)


Hopp B, Smausz T, Antal Z, Kresz N, Bor Z, Chrisey D: Absorbing film assisted laser induced forward transfer of fungi (Trichoderma conidia), J. Appl. Phys. 96 (6) : 3478-3481 (2004)


Antal Z, Hopp B, Smausz T, Kresz N, Bor Z, Chrisey D: Egy Trichoderma törzs konídiumainak irányított, lézeres, térbeli mozgatása. A Magyar Mikrobiológiai Társaság 2004. évi nagygyulése és a X. Fermentációs Kollokvium (2004)

Dr. Gábor M. Kovács
MTA Növényvédelmi Kutatóintézet

Az eddigi együttmuködésbol született közlemények:

Kovács, G. M., Rudnóy, Sz., Vágvölgyi, Cs., Lásztity, D., Rácz, I., and Bratek, Z. (2001) Intraspecific invariability of the ITS region of rDNA of Terfezia terfezioides in Europe. Folia Microbiol. 46, 423-426.

Kovács, G., Bagi, I., Vágvölgyi, Cs., Kottke, I., and Oberwinkler, F. (2002) Studies on the root associations of the truffle Terfezia terfezioides. Acta Microbiol. Immunol. Hung. 49, 207-213.


Kovács, G.M., Vágvölgyi, Cs., and Oberwinkler, F. (2003). In vitro interaction of the truffle Terfezia terfezioides with Robinia pseudoacacia and Helianthemum ovatum. Folia Microbiol. 48, 369-378.


Dr. Judit Krisch
University of Szeged

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Vágvölgyi C, Manczinger L, Krisch J, Tako M, Papp T (2007) New microbial enzymes: Clues for environment friendly biorefinery technologies. Cer. Res. Commun. 35, 1265-1268.


Csernetics Á, Linka B, Krisch J, Vágvölgyi C, Papp T (2007) Increased carotenoid content of Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous cultivated in plant oil supplemented media. Acta Biol. Szeged. 51, 43-46.
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Krisch J, Horváth E, Vágvölgyi C, Tanács L (2007) Mobility of herbicides and fungicides in soil and their effects on soil microorganisms. Cer. Res. Commun. 35, 673-676.


Krisch J, Eifert T, Bóna Z, Vágvölgyi C, Tanács L (2008) Do fungicides make their job? Isolation of soil and air-borne fungicide-resistant and -degrading microorganisms from the head surface of winter wheat cultivars. Cer. Res. Commun. 36 (S5) 951-954.

Krisch J, Galgóczy L, Tölgyesi M, Papp T, Vágvölgyi C (2008) Effect of fruit juices and pomace extracts on the growth of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Acta Biol. Szeged. 52, 267-270.
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Krisch, J., Ördögh, L., Galgóczy, L., Papp, T., Vágvölgyi, Cs. (2009) Anticandidal activity of fruit juices and extracts from Ribes species. Central Eur. J. Biol. 4(1) 86-89.


Takó, M., Lung, Sz., Krisch, J., Papp, T., Vágvölgyi, Cs. (2009) Production of cellulolytic enzymes on agricultural waste by different Zygomycetes. J. Eng. - Ann. Fac. Eng. Hunedoara 7(4), 34. 169-172.
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Krisch, J., Galgóczy, L., Papp, T., Vágvölgyi, Cs. (2009) Antimicrobial and antioxidant potential of waste products remaining after juice pressing. J. Eng. - Ann. Fac. Eng. Hunedoara  7(4), 131-134.
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Dr. Miklós Láday
Plant Protection Institute (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Láday, M., Pfeiffer, I., Kucsera, J., Kevei, F., Gácser, A., Szécsi, Á., and Hamari, Zs. (2001). Preparation of mitochondrial DNA from Yeast and filamentous fungi. BioTechniques 30, 1232-1239.

Szekeres A, Láday M, Kredics L, Varga J, Antal Z, Hatvani L, Manczinger L, Vágvölgyi C, Nagy E, Rapid identification of clinical Trichoderma longibrachiatum isolates by cellulose-acetate electrophoresis mediated isoenzyme analysis, Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 12, 369-375 (2006)


Kredics L, Antal Z, Szekeres A, Hatvani L, Láday M, Komon M, Varga J, Manczinger L, Vágvölgyi C, Nagy E, Kubicek CP, Druzhinina IS: Molecular and physiological characterization of fungal opportunists belonging to the genus Trichoderma . Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 12(S4), P528 (2006)

Szekeres A, Láday M, Kredics L, Antal Z, Hatvani L, Manczinger L: Investigation of Trichoderma strains isolated from winter wheat rhizosphere, IOBC/WPRS Bull. 27(8) : 155-158 (2004)

Kredics L, Antal Z, Varga J, Manczinger L, Szekeres A, Kocsubé S, Dóczi I, Láday M, Kevei F, Nagy E: Genetic variability and antifungal susceptibilities of clinical Trichoderma isolates. In: Trends in Medical Mycology, Monduzzi Editore, 2003, pp 133-136

Láday, M., Juhász, Á., Mule, G., Moretti, A., Szécsi, A., and Logrieco, A. (2004). Mitochondrial DNA diversity and lineage determination of European isolates of Fusarium graminearum (Gibberella zeae). Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 110, 545-550.


Láday, M., Mule, G., Moretti, A., Hamari, Zs., Juhász, Á., Szécsi Á., and Logrieco, A. (2004). Mitochondrial DNA variability in Fusarium proliferatum (Gibberella intermedia). Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 110, 563-571.


Szekeres A, Láday M, Kredics L, Varga J, Antal Z, Hatvani L, Manczinger L, Vágvölgyi C, Nagy E, Rapid identification of clinical Trichoderma longibrachiatum isolates by cellulose-acetate electrophoresis mediated isoenzyme analysis, Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 12, 369-375 (2006)


Láday M, Stubnya V, Hamari Z, Hornok L (2008) Characterization of a new mitochondrial plasmid from Fusarium proliferatum. Plasmid 59, 127-133.

Dr. Balázs Leitgeb
Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Center (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Leitgeb, B., Szekeres, A., Tóth, G. (2003): Conformational Analysis of Endomorphin-1 by Molecular Dynamics Methods. J. Pept. Res. 62, 145-157.


Leitgeb, B., Szekeres, A. (2003): Exploring the Conformational Space of the m-Opioid Agonists Endomorphin-1 and Endomorphin-2. J. Mol. Struct. (THEOCHEM) 666-667, 337-344.


Szekeres A, Leitgeb B, Pénzes Z, Kredics L, Hatvani L, Antal Z, Manczinger L, Vágvölgyi C: Proteases of Trichoderma strains from Hungarian winter wheat rhizosphere, In: Méndez-Vilas A (ed.): Modern Multidisciplinary Applied Microbiology. Exploiting Microbes and Their Interactions, Wiley-VCH, 2006. pp. 664-668

Szekeres A, Leitgeb B, Kredics L, Manczinger L, Vágvölgyi C, A novel, image analysis-based method for the evaluation of in vitro antagonism, J. Microbiol. Meth. 65, 619-622 (2006)


Szekeres A, Leitgeb B, Kredics L, Antal Z, Hatvani L, Manczinger L, Vágvölgyi C: Peptaibols and related peptaibiotics of Trichoderma - a review, ACTA Microbiol. Immunol. Hung. 52(2), 137-168 (2005)


Leitgeb B, Kredics L, Szekeres A, Manczinger L, Vágvölgyi C: An in vitro method for the characterization of biocontrol abilities, J. Biotechnol. 118(S1), 172 (2005)

Leitgeb B, Szekeres A, Manczinger L, Vágvölgyi C, Kredics L (2007) The history of alamethicin: a review of the most extensively studied peptaibol. Chem. Biodivers. 4, 1024-1051.


Leitgeb B, Szekeres A, Manczinger L, Vágvölgyi C, Kredics L The History of Alamethicin: A Review of the Most Extensively Studied Peptaibol. In: Toniolo C, Brückner H (ed.) Peptaibiotics. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. pp. 31-55.

Prof. Ákos Mesterházy, Dr. Beáta Tóth
Cereal Research Non-profit Company, Szeged

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Varga, J., Rigó, K., Téren, J., and Mesterházy, Á. (2001). Recent advances in ochratoxin research. I. Production, detection and occurrence of ochratoxins. Cereal Res. Commun. 29, 85-92.

Varga, J., Rigó, K., Téren, J., and Mesterházy, Á. (2001). Recent advances in ochratoxin research. II. Biosynthesis, mode of action and control of ochratoxins. Cereal Res. Commun. 29, 93-100.

Rigó, K., Varga, J., Tóth, B., Mesterházy, Á., and Kozakiewicz, Z. (2002). Phylogenetic analysis of Aspergillus section Flavi based on sequences of the internal transcribed spacer regions and the 5.8 S rRNA gene. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 48, 9-16.

Varga, J., Rigó, K., Tóth, B., Mesterházy, Á., and Téren, J. (2002). A mikotoxin kutatás újabb eredményei. Élelmezési Ipar 56(5), 139-145.

Tóth, B., Mesterházy, Á., Téren, J., Nicholson, P., and Varga, J. (2003): Mycotoxin production and molecular variability of European and American Fusarium culmorum isolates. In: Molecular Diversity and PCR-detection of Toxigenic Fusarium Species and Ochratoxigenic Fungi (G. Mule, JA Bailey, B.M. Cooke and A. Logrieco, Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publ. 587-599

Tóth, B., Mesterházy, Á., Téren, J., Nicholson, P., and Varga, J. (2004). Mycotoxin production and molecular variability of European and American Fusarium culmorum isolates. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 110, 587-599.

Varga, J., Tóth, B., and Mesterházy, Á. (2004). Molecular detection of mycotoxin-producing fungi. Cereal Res. Commun. 32, 193-200.

Varga, J., Tóth, B., Mesterházy, Á., Téren, J., Fazekas, B. (2004) Mycotoxigenic fungi and mycotoxins in foods and feeds in Hungary. In: An overview on toxigenic fungi and mycotoxins in Europe. (A. Logrieco, A. Visconti, eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, 123-139

Varga, J., Tóth, B., and Mesterházy, Á. (2005): Non-ribosomal peptide synthetases int he genome of Fusarium graminearum. Acta Biol. Hung. 56: 375-388

Tóth, B., Mesterházy, Á., Horváth, Z., Bartók, T., Varga, M., and Varga, J. (2005): Genetic variability of Central European isolates of the Fusarium graminearum species complex. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. Eur. J. Plant. Pathol. 113: 35-45

Mesterházy, Á., Bartók, T., Kászonyi, G., Tóth, B., Varga, J. (2005) Common resistance to different Fusarium spp. causing Fusarium head blight in wheat. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 112: 267-281.

Tóth, B., Mesterházy, Á., Horváth, Z., and Varga, J. (2005): Double-stranded RNA mycoviruses in Fusarium culmorum and F. graminearum isolates. Cer. Res. Commun. 33: 733-740

Tóth B, Mesterházy A, Varga J (2007) Population genetics of European FHB pathogens and their impact on breeding for resistance. Cercetari Stiintifice, Seria A XI-A, Horticultura Inginerie Genetica, Editura Agroprint Timisoara, p. 38-45.

Tóth B, Kászonyi G, Bartók T, Varga J, Mesterházy Á (2008) Common resistance of wheat to members of the Fusarium graminearum species complex and F. culmorum . Plant Breeding 127, 1–8.
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Mesterhazy A, Toth B, Szabo-Hever A, Varga J, Lehoczki-Krsjak S (2008) Node infection caused by Fusarium graminearum in wheat. Cer. Res. Commun. 36: 471-475.


Tóth B, Varga J, Szabó-Hevér A, Lehoczki-Krsjak S, Mesterházy A (2008) Reproductive mode of Central European Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum populations. Cer. Res. Commun. 36 (Suppl. 6): 625-629.

Prof. Dr. József Molnár
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Sharples D, Spengler G, Molnár J, Antal Z, Molnár A, Kiss JT, Szabó JA, Hilgeroth A, Gallo S, Mahamoud A, Barbe JB: The interaction between resistance modifiers such as pyrido[3,2-g]quinoline, aza-oxafluorene and pregnane derivatives with DNA, plasmid DNA and tRNA. Eur. J. Med. Chem. 40(2), 195-202 (2005); Corrigendum Eur. J. Med. Chem. 40 (10), 1070 (2005)


Kawase M, Motohashi N, Sakagami H, Kanamoto T, Nakashima H, Ferenczy L, Wolfard K, Miskolci C, Molnar J: Antimicrobial activity of trifluoromethyl ketones and their synergism with promethazine, Int. J. Antimicr. Ag. 18 (2) : 161-165 (2001)

Prof. Dr. Miklós Pesti
Department of General and Environmental Microbiology, University of Pécs

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Pesti, M., Vágvölgyi, C., Papp, T., Nagy, Á., and Novák, A. (2001). Variation of isoenzyme and RAPD patterns in Candida albicans morphological mutants with altered colony ultrastructure. Acta Biol. Hung. 52, 289-298.

Novák, A, Vágvölgyi, C., and Pesti, M. (2003). Characterization of Candida albicans colony-morphology

Nagy, Á., Pesti, M., Galgóczy, L., and Vágvölgyi, C. (2004). Electrophoretic karyotype of two Micromucor species. J. Basic Microbiol. 44, 36-41.

Palágyi, Z., Papp, T., Takó, M., Nagy, Á., Pesti, M., and Vágvölgyi, C. (2004): Genetic variability of astaxanthin-producing yeasts: random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis of Phaffia rhodozyma and Xanthopyllomyces dendrorhous. Acta Biol. Szeged 48: 35-38.

Vágvölgyi, C., Pesti, M. (szerk.) (2005) Toxikológiai gyakorlatok. HEFOP, http://www.ttk.pte.hu/biologia/mikrobio/Mikoktl.html., pp. 80.

Kocsubé S, Tóth M, Vágvölgyi C, Dóczi I, Pesti M, Pócsi I, Szabo J, Varga J (2007) Occurrence and genetic variability of Candida parapsilosis sensu lato in Hungary. J. Med. Microbiol. 56, 190-195.


Blasko A, Belágyi J, Dergez T, Deli J, Papp G, Papp T, Vágvölgyi C, Pesti M (2008) Effect of polar and non-polar carotenoids on Xanthophylomyces dendrorhous membranes by EPR. Eur. Biophys. J. 37(7):1097-1104. IP(2007): 2,238


Kálmán, N., Bencsik, O., Pesti, M., Papp, T., and Vágvölgyi, C. (2009) Characterization and stress responses of genetically modified Mucor circinelloides strains. J. Eng. - Ann. Fac. Eng. Hunedoara 7(4), 36. 177-180.
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Dr. István Pócsi
Department of Microbial Biotechnology and Cell biology, University of Debrecen

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Kocsubé S, Tóth M, Vágvölgyi C, Dóczi I, Pesti M, Pócsi I, Szabó J, Varga J (2007) Occurrence and genetic variability of Candida parapsilosis sensu lato in Hungary. J. Med. Microbiol. 56, 190-195.


Galgóczy, L., Papp, T., Pócsi, I., Leiter, É., Marx, F., and Vágvölgyi, C. (2005) Sensitivity of different Zygomycetes to the Penicillium chrysogenum antifungal protein (PAF). J. Bas. Microbiol. 45, 136-141

Galgóczy L, Papp T, Lukács G, Leiter E, Pócsi I, Vágvölgyi C (2007) Interactions between statins and Penicillium chrysogenum antifungal protein (PAF) to inhibit the germination of sporangiospores of different sensitive Zygomycetes . FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 270, 109-115.


Galgóczy L, Papp T, Pócsi I, Hegedus N, Vágvölgyi C (2008) In vitro activity of Penicillium chrysogenum antifungal protein (PAF) and its combination with fluconazole against different dermatophytes. Anton. Leeuw. Int. J. G. 94(3):463-70.
 

Dr. Ferenc Somogyvári
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Malinovschi, G., Kocsubé, S., Galgóczy, L., Somogyvári, F., Vágvölgyi, Cs. (2009) Rapid PCR based identification of two medically important dermatophyte fungi, Microsporum canis and Trichophyton tonsurans . Acta Biol. Szeged. 53(1): 51-54.
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Lukács, Gy., Papp, T., Somogyvári, F., Csernetics, Á., Nyilasi, I., Vágvölgyi, C. (2009) Cloning of the Rhizomucor miehei 3-hydroxi-3-methilglutharyl coenzyme A reductase gene and its heterologous expression in Mucor circinelloides. Anton. Leeuw. Int. J. G. 95, 55-64.


Adrienn Somosné Nagy
Pilze-Nagy Ltd. Kecskemét

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Hatvani L, Antal Z, Manczinger L, Szekeres A, Druzhinina IS, Kubicek CP, Nagy A, Nagy E, Vágvölgyi C, Kredics L (2007) Green mould diseases of Agaricus and Pleurotus are caused by related but phylogenetically different Trichoderma species. Phytopathology 97, 532-537.
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Hatvani L, Kocsubé S, Manczinger L, Antal Z, Szekeres A, Druzhinina IS, Komon-Zelazowska M, Kubicek CP, Nagy A, Vágvölgyi C, Kredics L (2008) The green mould disease global threat to the cultivation of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus ): a review. In Gruening M (szerk.) Science and cultivation of edible and medicinal fungi: Mushroom Science XVII : Proceedings of the 17th Congress of the International Society for Mushroom Science, Cape Town, South Africa, 20-24 May 2008. &, Dél-Afrika, 2008.05.20-2008.05.24. Pretoria: pp. 485-495.

Kredics L, Cseh T, Körmöczi P, Nagy A, Kocsubé S, Manczinger L, Vágvölgyi C, Hatvani L. A termesztett laskagomba zöldpenészes fertozése. Mikol. Közl. - Clusiana 48:(1) pp. 81-92. (2009)

Nagy A, Sajben E, Manczinger L, Vágvölgyi C (2009) Laskagombára patogén Pseudomonas izolátumok néhány tulajdonságának vizsgálata. Kertgazdaság 41(3), 10-18.

Hatvani L, Manczinger L, Druzhinina IS, Komon-Zelazowska M, Kubicek CP, Nagy A, Tishenkov A, Vágvölgyi C, Kredics L. Zelenaja pleszeny. Shkola Gribovodstva 60:(6) pp. 28-33. (2009)

Kredics L, Körmöczi P, Cseh T, Hatvani L, Manczinger L, Nagy A, Vágvölgyi C. Green mould disease of oyster mushroom in Hungary and Romania: Ecophysiology of the causative agents. J. Eng. - Ann. Fac. Eng. Hunedoara 7:(4) pp. 195-198. (2009)
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Kredics L, Kocsubé S, Nagy L, Komon-Zelazowska M, Manczinger L, Sajben E, Nagy A, Vágvölgyi C, Kubicek CP, Druzhinina IS, Hatvani L. Molecular identification of Trichoderma species associated with Pleurotus ostreatus and natural substrates of the oyster mushroom. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 300:(1) pp. 58-67. (2009)


Nagy A, Manczinger L, Tombácz D, Hatvani L, Gyorfi J, Antal Z, Sajben E, Vágvölgyi C, Kredics L. Biological control of oyster mushroom green mould disease by antagonistic Bacillus species. IOBC/WPRS Bull. in press. (2010)

Sajben E, Manczinger L, Nagy A, Kredics L, Vágvölgyi C. Characterization of pseudomonads isolated from decaying sporocarps. Microbiol. Res. in press: doi:10.1016/j.micres.2010.05.002. (2010)


Dr. András Szekeres
FumoPep Ltd. Mórahalom

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Hatvani L, Kocsubé S, Manczinger L, Antal Z, Szekeres A, Druzhinina IS, Komon-Zelazowska M, Kubicek CP, Nagy A, Vágvölgyi C, Kredics L (2008) The green mould disease global threat to the cultivation of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus ): a review. In Gruening M (szerk.) Science and cultivation of edible and medicinal fungi: Mushroom Science XVII : Proceedings of the 17th Congress of the International Society for Mushroom Science, Cape Town, South Africa, 20-24 May 2008. &, Dél-Afrika, 2008.05.20-2008.05.24. Pretoria: pp. 485-495.

Papp, T., Nagy, G., Csernetics, Á., Szekeres, A., and Vágvölgyi, C. (2009) Beta-carotene production by Mucoralean fungi. J. Eng. - Ann. Fac. Eng. Hunedoara 7(4), 35. 173-176.
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Prof. József Téren
University of Szeged

Publications resulting from the collaboration:

Varga, J., Kesztyus, K., Téren, J., and Ferenczy, L. (1995). Allocation of random amplified polymorphic DNA markers and enzyme activities on Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus tetrazonus chromosomes. Anton. Leeuw. Int. J. G. 68, 245-251.

Téren J, Varga J, Hamari ZS, Rinyu E, Kevei F: Immunochemical detection of ochratoxin A in black Aspergillus strains. Mycopathologia 134 (3) : 171-176 (1996)


Varga, J., Kevei, É., Rinyu, E., Téren, J., and Kozakiewicz, Z. (1996). Ochratoxin production by Aspergillus species. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62, 4461-4464.

Varga, J., Kevei, É., Palágyi, A., Tóth, B., and Téren, J. (1997). Genetic variability within the toxigenic Petromyces genus. Cereal Res. Commun. 25, 285-289.

Téren, J., Palágyi, A., Kevei, É., and Varga, J. (1997). Isolation of variants of Petromyces albertensis with altered ochratoxin production. Cereal Res. Commun. 25, 305-306.

Téren, J., Palágyi, A., and Varga, J. (1997). Isolation of ochratoxin producing Aspergilli from green coffee beans of different origin. Cereal Res. Commun. 25, 303-304.

Varga, J., and Téren, J. (1999). Recent progress in mycotoxin research. Acta Microbiol. Immunol. Hung. 46, 233-243.

Varga, J., Kevei, F., Hamari, Zs., Tóth, B., Téren, J., Croft, J. H., and Kozakiewicz, Z. (2000). Genotypic and phenotypic variability among black Aspergilli. In: Integration of molecular and morphological approaches to Aspergillus and Penicillium taxonomy (Eds. Samson, R.A. and Pitt, J.I.) Harwood Academic Press, Singapore, 397-411.

Varga, J., Rigó, K., and Téren, J. (2000) Degradation of ochratoxin A by Aspergillus species. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 59, 1-7.

Varga, J., Tóth, B., Rigó, K., Téren, J., Kozakiewicz, Z., and Hoekstra, R. F. (2000). Phylogenetic analysis of Aspergillus section Circumdati based on sequences of the internal transcribed spacer regions and the 5.8 S rRNA gene. Fungal Genet. Biol. 30, 71-80.

Varga, J., Rigó, K., Téren, J., and Mesterházy, Á. (2001). Recent advances in ochratoxin research. I. Production, detection and occurrence of ochratoxins. Cereal Res. Commun. 29, 85-92.

Varga, J., Rigó, K., Téren, J., and Mesterházy, Á. (2001). Recent advances in ochratoxin research. II. Biosynthesis, mode of action and control of ochratoxins. Cereal Res. Commun. 29, 93-100.

Rigó, K., Szabó, G., Téren, J., and Varga, J. (2001). Application of microwave-assisted ergosterol extraction (MAE) method to assess fungal contamination in plant products. In: Biologically-active phytochemicals in food (Eds. Pfannhauser, W., Fenwick, G. R. and Khokhar, S.) RS. C., 253-255.

Varga, J., Rigó, K., Lamper, C., Téren, J., and Szabó, G. (2002). Kinetics of ochratoxin A production in different Aspergillus species. Acta Biol. Hung. 53, 381-388.

Rigó, K., Varga, J., Téren, J., and Szabó, G. (2001) Mikotoxin vizsgálatok Aspergillus fajokkal. SZÉF Tud. Közl. 22, 111-121.

Rigó, K., Szabó, G., Téren, J. and Varga, J. (2001) Application of microwave-assisted ergosterol extraction (MAE) method to asess fungal contamination in plant products. In Biologically active phytochemicals in food. Analysis, mretabolism, bioavailability and function (Pfannhauser, W., Fenwick, G.R. és Khokhar, S., szerk.). Royal Society of Chemistry Press, pp. 253-255.

Varga, J., Rigó, K., Tóth, B., Mesterházy, Á., and Téren, J. (2002). A mikotoxin kutatás újabb eredményei. Élelmezési Ipar 56(5), 139-145.

Tóth, B., Mesterházy, Á., Téren, J., Nicholson, P., and Varga, J. (2003): Mycotoxin production and molecular variability of European and American Fusarium culmorum isolates. In: Molecular Diversity and PCR-detection of Toxigenic Fusarium Species and Ochratoxigenic Fungi (G. Mule, JA Bailey, B.M. Cooke and A. Logrieco, Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publ. 587-599

Varga, J., Rigó, K., Molnár, J., Szencz, S., Téren, J., Kozakiewicz, Z. (2003). Mycotoxin production and evolutionary relationships among species of Aspergillus section Clavati. Anton. Leeuw. Int. J. G. 83: 191-200.

Varga, J., Rigó, K., Tóth, B., Téren, J., and Kozakiewicz, Z. (2003). Evolutionary relationships among Aspergillus species producing economically important mycotoxins. Food Technol. Biotechnol. 41, 29-36.

Varga, J., Rigó, K., Molnár, J., Szencz, S., Téren, J., and Kozakiewicz, Z. (2003). Mycotoxin production and evolutionary relationships among species of Aspergillus section Clavati. Anton. Leeuw. Int. J. G. 83, 191-200.

Tóth, B., Mesterházy, Á., Téren, J., Nicholson, P., and Varga, J. (2004). Mycotoxin production and molecular variability of European and American Fusarium culmorum isolates. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 110, 587-599.

Varga, J., Tóth, B., Mesterházy, Á., Téren, J., Fazekas, B. (2004) Mycotoxigenic fungi and mycotoxins in foods and feeds in Hungary. In: An overview on toxigenic fungi and mycotoxins in Europe. (A. Logrieco, A. Visconti, eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, 123-139

Tóth, B., Kiss, R., Kocsubé, S., Téren, J., Varga, J. (2004) Real time PCR detection of fungi and their toxins in wheat. Proceedings of the 2nd Central European Food Congress, CD-ROM, P-S-05, pp. 1-5.

Varga, J., Kiss, R., Téren, J. (2004) Ochratoxin A in Hungarian wines and beers. Proceedings of the 2nd Central European Food Congress, CD-ROM, P-S-06, pp. 1-5.

Varga, J., Rigó, K., Péteri, Zs., Tábori, K., Téren, J., and Vágvölgyi, C. (2004) Ochratoxin degradation caused by Rhizopus and Aspergillus isolates. Proceedings of the 2nd Central European Food Congress, CD-ROM, P-S-07. 1-6.

Varga, J., Tóth, B., and Téren, J. (2005): Mycotoxin producing fungi and mycotoxins in foods in Hungary in the period 1994-2002 – a review. Acta Aliment. Hung. 34: 267-275

Varga, J., Kiss, R., Mátrai, T., and Téren, J. (2005): Detection of ochratoxin A in Hungarian wines and beers. Acta Alim. Hung.34: 381-392

Varga, J., Péteri, Z., Tábori, K., Téren, J., and Vágvölgyi, C. (2005): Degradation of ochratoxin A and other mycotoxins by Rhizopus isolates. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 99: 321-328

Varga, J., Tóth, B., Kocsubé, S., Farkas, B., Téren, J. (2005) Evolutionary relationships among Aspergillus terreus isolates and their relatives. Anton. Leeuw. Int. J. G. 88: 141-150

Varga, J., Kocsubé, S., Koncz, Z., Téren, J. (2006) Mycobiota and ochratoxin A in raisins purchased in Hungary. Acta Aliment. 35: 289-294

Péteri Z, Téren J, Vágvölgyi C, Varga J (2007) Ochratoxin degradation and adsorption caused by astaxanthin-producing yeasts. Food Microbiol. 24, 205-210.


Varga J, Koncz Z, Kocsubé S, Mátrai T, Téren J, Ostry V, Skarkova J, Ruprich J, Kubatova A, Kozakiewicz Z (2007) Mycobiota of grapes collected in Hungarian and Czech vineyards in 2004. Acta Aliment. 36, 329-341.


Aroyeun SO, Adegoke GO, Varga J, Téren J (2009) Grading of Fermented and Dried Cocoa Beans Using Fungal Contamination, Ergosterol Index and Ochratoxin a Production. Internet J. Nutr. Wellness 37: 215-217
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