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Studies of fungal communities through amplicon metagenomics in aquatic environments, particularly in freshwater ecosystems, are still relatively recent. Unfortunately, many of these water bodies are facing growing threats from human expansion, such as effluent discharge from various human activities. As a result, these effluents have the potential to significantly alter the characteristics of water bodies and, subsequently, impact the diversity of their resident microorganisms. In this context, our objective was to investigate whether the fungal community structure varies according to the presence of different anthropic disturbances. We expect (i) the diversity of fungi will be greater and (ii) more specific unique operational taxonomic units (OTUs) related to each ecotonal system will be found compared to other sites of a lagoon. The study was conducted in the Tramandaí Lagoon (subtropical southern Brazil) at four distinct sampling points (estuary, middle of the lagoon, crop field area, and near a residential area where the Tramandaí River flows into the lagoon). As expected, the estuary and residential zones, which are ecotones, exhibited greater fungal diversity and more specific OTUs compared to the middle of the lagoon and crop field area. Moreover, a substantial proportion of fungal taxa could not be identified at the genus level, with many only classified at the phylum level, indicating potential new lineages. These findings underscore our limited understanding of the subtropical freshwater mycobiota.

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Candida auris has been reported worldwide, but only in December 2020, the first strain from a COVID-19 patient in Brazil was isolated. Here, we describe the genome sequence of this susceptible C. auris strain and performed variant analysis of the genetic relatedness with strains from other geographic localities.

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Introducción: El hidrocloruro de amantadina (I) es conocido como un medicamento antiviral utilizado para prevenir y tratar las infecciones por influenza A. También se utiliza para aliviar los síntomas de la enfermedad de Parkinson en el período inicial. Se han informado varios métodos para la preparación de (I). Estos procedimientos comienzan con adamantano (II) en cuatro o tres pasos de reacción, para producir hidrocloruro de amantadina con rendimientos globales que van del 45 por ciento al 58 por ciento. Objetivo: Mejorar el método para la síntesis de hidrocloruro de amantadina, que puede introducirse a escala industrial. Métodos: La optimización paso a paso para reducir el uso de reactivos, disolventes, así como las condiciones de cada paso, se seleccionaron para ser menos agresivas y más amigables con el medio ambiente. Resultados: Todos los factores relacionados con el rendimiento de la reacción para sintetizar los compuestos intermedios y finales se seleccionaron para obtener el mayor rendimiento de cada etapa. Finalmente, se estableció un procedimiento de dos pasos para la síntesis de (I) a partir de (II), a través de N- (1-adamantil) formamida (III), con un rendimiento global mejorado del 78 por ciento y una pureza del 99,2 por ciento. Se confirmó la estructura del producto por 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, IR y MS. La síntesis de N- (1-adamantil) formamida (VI) a partir de (II) también se logró con éxito en un solo paso. Este método evita el uso de bromo líquido o ácido sulfúrico gaseoso como reactivos. La conversión posterior de (VI) a (I) se llevó a cabo bajo condiciones de reacción, más suaves sin usar solventes peligrosos. Conclusiones: Se logró la síntesis mejorada del clorhidrato de amantadina (I). Este resultado puede utilizarse en una producción industrialmente conveniente. Las materias primas y reactivos utilizados en esta investigación son baratas y están disponibles. El tiempo total de preparación se redujo significativamente, con ahorro de energía y mano de obra(AU)

Introduction: Amantadine hydrochloride (I) was well-known as an antiviral drug used to prevent and treat influenza A infections. Besides, it also was used to relieve the symptoms of Parkinson's disease in the early period. Several methods for the preparation of I have been reported. These procedures started with adamantane (II) in four or three reaction steps to produce amantadine hydrochloride with overall yields ranging from 45 percent to 58 percent. Objectives: Improving method for synthesis of amantadine hydrochloride could introduce to industrial scale. Methods: Step-by-step optimization to reduce the use of reagents, solvents, as well as the conditions of each step were screened to be milder and more environment-friendly. Results: All factors related to the yield of reaction to synthesize the intermediate and final compounds were screened to give the highest yield of each step. Finally, a two-step procedure for the synthesis of (I) from (II) via N-(1-adamantyl) formamide (III) with improving overall yield of 78 percent and a purity of 99.2 percent was established, and the structure of the product was confirmed by 1H-NMR,13C-NMR, IR and MS. The synthesis of N-(1-adamantyl) formamide (VI) from (II) also was successfully accomplished within only one step. This method avoided the use of liquid bromine or fuming sulfuric acid as reactants. The subsequent conversion of (VI) to (I) was carried out under milder reaction conditions without using hazardous solvents. Conclusions: An improved synthesis for amantadine hydrochloride (I) have been provided. This research can be an industrially convenient production of amantadine hydrochloride. Because the raw materials and reagents used in this research are cheap and available which also were screened to save their use. Moreover, the total preparation time was significantly reduced to save energy as well as labor(AU)

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A high throughput screening (HTS) methodology for evaluation of cellular lipid content based on Nile red fluorescence reads using black background 96-wells test plates and a plate reader equipment allowed the rapid intracellular lipid estimation of strains from a Brazilian phylloplane yeast collection. A new oleaginous yeast, Meyerozyma guilliermondii BI281A, was selected, for which the gravimetric determination of total lipids relative to dry weight was 52.38% for glucose or 34.97% for pure glycerol. The lipid production was optimized obtaining 108 mg/L of neutral lipids using pure glycerol as carbon source, and the strain proved capable of accumulating oil using raw glycerol from a biodiesel refinery. The lipid profile showed monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) varying between 56 or 74% in pure or raw glycerol, respectively. M. guilliermondii BI281A bears potential as a new biodiesel feedstock.