How do interactions between gut bacteria and fungi exacerbate crohn’s disease?
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center researcher receives NIH funding to investigateCredit: Case Western ...
Tag: Mycology
Rise of Candida auris blamed on global warming
Washington, DC - July 23, 2019 - Global warming may have played a pivotal role in the emergence of Candida ...
‘Ohi’a Challenge winner announced at Hawai’i Conservation Conference
Credit: DANNY DUDA / UH HILO Hawaii National Park, HI - An innovative strategy to use unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) ...
Researchers survey immune molecules found inside mycetoma lesions
Credit: Emanuel Siddig (CC BY 4.0) Mycetoma is a common neglected disease caused by either fungi or bacteria which organize ...
The secret of mushroom colors
Mushrooms: Darker fruiting bodies in cold climates The fly agaric with its red hat is perhaps the most evocative of ...
Amphibians infected by ranavirus found in Atlantic rain forest
Ranavirus is linked to amphibian decline or extinction in other parts of the world, but in Brazil, it has been ...
How inhaled fungal spores cause fatal meningitis
Credit: Walsh NM, et al. (2019) Pathogenic fungal spores capitalize on host immune cells to escape the lung and gain ...
Researchers find that probiotic bacteria reduces the impact of white-nose syndrome in bats
Credit: Virginia Tech It is widely accepted that probiotic bacteria are beneficial to human health, but what if they could ...
We need to talk about chloramphenicol — how does this antibiotic cause damage to eukaryotes?
For the first time scientists demonstrate the molecular events underlying the effects of chloramphenicol on eukaryotic cells A group of ...
‘Flying salt shakers of death:’ Fungal-infected zombie cicadas, explained by WVU research
Credit: Matt Kasson MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- If cicadas made horror movies, they'd probably study the actions of their counterparts plagued ...
ATCC introduces standards for enhancing microbiology research at ASM Microbe 2019
Company develops fully authenticated and characterized materials to support reproducible research Manassas, VA - June 24, 2019 - ATCC, a ...
Understanding C. auris transmission with the healthcare environment
San Francisco, CA - June 23, 2019 - Researchers have now shown that patients who are heavily colonized with Candida ...
Blue pigment from engineered fungi could help turn the textile industry green
A new platform for producing blue pigment could provide a sustainable alternative to conventional synthetic dyes and open the door ...
Nuclear pore complex outer rings: No longer ‘one size fits all’
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - In eukaryotic cells, the nucleus is walled off from the rest of the cell ...