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 ...
Tag: Mycology
‘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 ...
Beewolves use a gas to preserve food
European beewolf eggs produce nitric oxide which prevents the larvae's food from getting moldyCredit: Gudrun Herzner Food stored in warm ...
An island haven for frogs in a sea of extinctions
An international team of researchers has a plan to keep New Guinea's frogs safe from the species-destroying chytrid fungusCredit: Stephen ...
Resistance to Fusarium head blight holding in Illinois, study says
Credit: Fred Kolb, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Illinois wheat growers, take heart. A new University of Illinois study ...
A ‘crisper’ method for gene editing in fungi
Scientists devise a novel genome editing method for filamentous fungi, based on the CRISPR/Cas9 platform CRISPR/Cas9 is now a household ...
Russian scientists synthesized protein to enrich stock-raising feed
Credit: Photo by Robert Bye @robertbye, Unsplash Scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) and Far Eastern Branch of the ...
A considerable percentage of deaths in HIV patients are due to cryptococcal infections
The study led by ISGlobal was based on almost 300 autopsies performed in Mozambique and BrazilCredit: ISGlobal Cryptococcal meningitis causes ...
Sedimentary, dear Johnson: Is NASA looking at the wrong rocks for clues to Martian life?
Scientists at the Swedish Museum of Natural History have begun compiling an atlas of fossils in volcanic rock, to guide ...
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