Indigenous fungi

Saraswathy, A. Hallberg, R. (2002). Degradation of pyrene by indigenous fungi from a former gasworks site. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 210, 227-32. 

Propionibacterium acnes, commonly isolated from the skin, is the most frequently found anaerobe. Factors and conditions such as blepharitis, dry eye syndrome, meibomian gland dysfunction, and contact lens use may influence the composition of the normal flora or cause disruption to normal epithelial microbial barriers, either of which can lead to disease in susceptible patients. Although immunocompromised individuals may harbor Candida albicans, fungi are considered opportunistic pathogens. Little evidence supports the existence of any indigenous fungi in the normal conjunctival flora. 

Takemoto, T. et al. 1964A. Studies on the constituents of indigenous fungi n Isolation offlycidal constimentfrom.dw2iaw-... 

Indigenous fungi and bacteria have traditionally been used to ret the stems of flax so that fine fibers can be removed from the straw for industrial applications. Retting... 

Takemoto, T., T. Yokobe, T. Nakajima, Studies on the constituents of indigenous fungi 2. Isolation of the flycidal constituent from Aminita strobiliformis, J. Pharm. Soc. Japan (Yakugaku Zasshi), 84, p. 1186, 1964c. 

Andersson BE, S Lundstedt, K Tornberg, Y Schniirer, LG Oberg, B Mattiasson (2003) Incomplete degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil inoculated with wood-rotting fungi and their effect on the indigenous soil bacteria. Environ Toxicol Chem 22 1238-1243. 

Wetherilt, H. and Pala, M. (1 994) Herbs and spices indigenous to Turkey. In Charalambous, C. (ed.) Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, pp. 292-294. 

The use of chemicals to dispatch enemies is not the sole prerogative of humans. Animals and plants have also adopted what is known as chemical warfare. Both animals and plants, as well as bacteria and fungi, can produce and contain some of the deadliest chemicals for the purpose of discouraging a predator or killing a potential meal. We come across such poisons in our everyday hves in the form of ant bites and wasp, bee, and nettle stings. In some countries the indigenous plants and animals may be especially hazardous, as we shall discover in Chapter 6. 

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