Tag: Mycology

Credit: Fred Kolb, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Illinois wheat growers, take heart. A new University of Illinois study ...

Scientists devise a novel genome editing method for filamentous fungi, based on the CRISPR/Cas9 platform CRISPR/Cas9 is now a household ...

Credit: Photo by Robert Bye @robertbye, Unsplash Scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) and Far Eastern Branch of the ...

The study led by ISGlobal was based on almost 300 autopsies performed in Mozambique and BrazilCredit: ISGlobal Cryptococcal meningitis causes ...

Scientists at the Swedish Museum of Natural History have begun compiling an atlas of fossils in volcanic rock, to guide ...

Credit: Thatsanee Luangharn A species of globally recognised medicinal mushroom was recorded for the first time in Thailand. Commonly referred ...

Scientists believe new control strategies for Fusarium head blight could be developed by targeting how the fungus 'tastes' wheat plants ...

A project conducted by researchers in Brazil and the US investigated bacteria living in symbiosis with insects as a source ...

A fungus, an antibiotic, a parasite, and a cureCredit: Image by Motomichi Matsuzaki, CC-BY Researchers have turned a fungus into ...

Probiotic found to help weaken stubborn microbial biofilm communities in the gut that can worsen symptomsCredit: Case Western Reserve University ...

Credit: Ignazio Carbone It's not fun when a fungus contaminates crops. Safe native fungi, however, show promise in the fight ...

Global-scale analysis of losses due to chytrid fungus paints a grim picture: 500 species declines, 90 of which have already ...

Survey by researchers in 16 countries is published in Science. Authors say chytrid fungus is responsible for heaviest biodiversity loss ...

Credit: Photo credit Mary Tiedeman. Crops just can't do without phosphorus. Globally, more than 45 million tons of phosphorus fertilizer ...

Credit: Heung 2019 Immune cells called inflammatory monocytes are often one of the first responders to infections, but they actually ...

Credit: (Image: Dermatologische Klinik, USZ) The skin of humans and animals is densely populated by fungi. It is suspected that ...

For thousands of years brewers made beer using specialized strains of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The historical origins of ...

New discovery could eventually help reduce the use of fertilizer in agricultureCredit: Jotham Austin II and R. Howard Berg For ...

Credit: Christian Martin In the past few decades, a lethal disease has decimated populations of frogs and other amphibians worldwide, ...

Credit: Bennett Lab/Brown University ROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The fungus Candida albicans is found in the gastrointestinal tract of about half ...