Rita de Cássia Garcia Simão

Structural and Gene Characterization of a New Antifungal Peptide Obtained from Penicillium crustosum FP11 Strain

Juliana Beal Menegotto, Lucas F. Ribeiro, Rita de Cássia Garcia Simão, Alexandre Maller, Marina Kimiko Kadowaki & José Luis da C.Silva · International Journal of Biochemistry Research & Review · 2020

A novel antifungal peptide, PcAFP (6.48 kDa, pI 8.83), was obtained from the culture supernatant of the fungus Penicillium crustosum. The gene encoding the PcAFP peptide was isolated based on its homologue in Penicillium chrysogenum, PgAFP. PcAFP is a small, cystine-rich peptide,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijbcrr/2020/v29i130164

Experimental Design for Optimization of β-Xylosidase Production by A. fumigatus Isolated from the Atlantic Forest (Brazil)

Fabíola Giovanna Nesello Vieira, Divair Christ, Luciana Graciano, Juliana Moço Corrêa, Marina Kimiko Kadowaki, José Luis da Conceição Silva, Rinaldo Ferreira Gandra, Alexandre Maller, Maria de Lourdes Teixeira de Moraes Poli & Rita de Cássia Garcia Simão · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2019

The production of β-Xylosidase by a new strain of Aspergillus fumigatus (PC-7S-2 M), isolated from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, was analyzed at 28°C using modified Czapeck media supplemented with different agroindustrial residues at 1% (w/v). Conidia were inoculated for 7 days,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jabb/2019/v21i330093