Evolutionary Theory and Processes: Modern Horizons
Papers in Honour of Eviatar Nevo
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Genomic adaptations of the halophilic Dead Sea filamentous fungus Eurotium rubrum
The Dead Sea is one of the most hypersaline habitats on Earth. The fungus Eurotium rubrum (Eurotiomycetes) is among the few species able to survive there. Here we highlight its adaptive strategies, based on genom...
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Current findings, future trends, and unsolved problems in studies of medicinal mushrooms
The target of the present review is to draw attention to many critically important unsolved problems in the future development of medicinal mushroom science in the twenty-first century. Special attention is pa...
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Inhibition of TNFα-induced iNOS expression in HSV-tk transduced 9L glioblastoma cell lines by Marasmius oreades substances through NF-κB- and MAPK-dependent mechanisms
Nitric oxide (NO) is a gaseous, radical molecule that plays a role in various physiological processes. Previously, we reported that transduction of murine colon cancer cells (MC38) with herpes simplex virus th...
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Higher Basidiomycetes Mushrooms as a Source Of Antioxidants
Higher Basidiomycetes represent a taxonomically, ecologically, and physiologically extremely diverse group of eukaryotic organisms. Recently, extensive research on these fungi has markedly increased mainly due...
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Marasmius oreades substances block NF-κB activity through interference with IKK activation pathway
The activation pathway of nuclear transcription factor kappa B (NF-κB) is a key mechanism for the progression of carcinogenesis at the molecular level. NF-κB is related to the promotion of cell proliferation, ...
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Coprinus comatus and Ganoderma lucidum interfere with androgen receptor function in LNCaP prostate cancer cells
In this study, we screened a total of 201 diethyl ether, ethanol, and ethyl acetate fungal Basidiomycetes extracts for anti-androgenic activity. Based on our screened results in combination with the selective ...
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Fungal substances as modulators of NF-κB activation pathway
MCF7 breast cancer cell line, carrying a luciferase reporter gene under the control of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB)-responsive promoter, was established and used for the screening of fungal organic extracts ...
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Effects of carbon and nitrogen sources on Pleurotus ostreatus ligninolytic enzyme activity
The effect of various carbon and nitrogen sources on laccase, manganese-dependent peroxidase (MnP), and peroxidase production by two strains of Pleurotus ostreatus was investigated. The maximal laccase yield of P...
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Effect of copper and manganese ions on activities of laccase and peroxidases in three Pleurotus species grown on agricultural wastes
Copper (Cu2+) and manganese (Mn2+) ions influenced laccase (Lac) and peroxidase production in Pleurotus eryngii, Pleurotus ostreatus, and Pleurotus pulmonarius. In P. eryngii, the optimum Cu2+ concentration for L...
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Medicinal mushroom modulators of molecular targets as cancer therapeutics
Empirical approaches to discover anticancer drugs and cancer treatments have made limited progress in the past several decades in finding a cure for cancer. The expanded knowledge of the molecular basis of tum...
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Screening of laccase, manganese peroxidase, and versatile peroxidase activities of the genus Pleurotus in media with some raw plant materials as carbon sources
Species of the genus Pleurotus are among the most efficient natural species in lignin degradation belonging to the subclass of ligninolytic organisms that produce laccase (Lac), Mn-dependent peroxidase (MnP), ver...
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Modern View on the Origin and Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Homobasidiomycetes Fungi
The problem of the origin and phylogeny of Homobasidiomycetes remains controversial. However, various data accumulated in recent decades provide an opportunity to reach some definite conclusions. These conclus...
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Soil micromycete diversity in the hypersaline Dead Sea coastal area, Israel
In the present study, a soil microfungal community was examined over a one-year period (1999–2000) at the western shore of the Dead Sea. A total of 78 species from 40 genera were isolated. The most prominent f...
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Newly Discovered Halophilic Fungi in the Dead Sea (Israel)
Organisms living in extreme environments are called extermophiles because they live under extreme conditions at the edge of life (Madigan and Marrs, 1997). These organisms (thermophiles, alkalophiles, acidophi...
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Species Diversity and Biology of Fungi Isolated from the Dead Sea
A first report on the occurrence of 22 species of filamentous fungi in the hypersaline (340 g I-1 salinity) Dead Sea is presented. Fungal species belonging to Zygomycotina (1 sp.), Ascomycotina (17 sp.) and Mi...
