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.
Abstract
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. Abstract
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.
Abstract
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.
Abstract
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.
Abstract
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
Abstract
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.
Abstract
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)
Full paper
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.
Abstract
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.
Abstract
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)
Abstract
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.
Abstract
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.
Full text
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.
Abstract
Varga J, Samson R (ed.) Aspergillus
in the genomic era. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2008.
Table of contents
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.
Abstract>
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. Abstract
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
Abstract
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
Full paper
Varga J, Frisvad JC, Samson RA (2009) A reappraisal of fungi producing aflatoxins. World Mycotoxin J. 2: 263-277
Abstract
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
Full paper
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
Abstract
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.
Abstract
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)
Full paper
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.
Abstract
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.
Abstract
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
Abstract
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)
Full paper
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.
Full text
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. Full text
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.
Full paper
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.
Full paper
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.
Abstract
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.
Full paper
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.
Full paper
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.
Abstract
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)
Full paper
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.
Full paper
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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