Due to globalization, an aquatic fungus threatens to decimate an increasing number of amphibian species across the world.

A research team has found a breakthrough herbal medicine treatment for a common human fungal pathogen that lives in almost 80 percent of people. The team discovered a medicinal herb called Gymnema ...

ABSTRACT: In Niger, a landlocked country, sorghum is the second staple food cultivated over the country by smallholder farmer. The crop is important for human and animal consumption. Despite its ...

In 1957, a man from New York named R. Gordon Wasson published an article in Life about two trips he had taken, three decades apart. The first was to the Catskills, in New York, where his wife, ...

The study by the Naval Medical University focused on the role of vacuole fusion in the fungal pathogen Candida albicans Disrupting genes involved in vacuole fusion led to defects in hyphal growth, ...

Researchers have uncovered an evolutionary “tipping point” affecting fungi growth and shape diversity, highlighting how minor environmental changes can significantly impact evolution. This discovery, ...

Fungi and their evolution play a critical role in keeping our ecosystems in balance. These master decomposers thrive within the forest floor, steadily breaking down fallen leaves, dead trees, and ...

Abstract: Elastomeric micropillars constitute a versatile sensor platform to investigate the forces exerted by microorganisms. Microfabricated to match the scale of the target organisms, the force ...

Abstract: The filamentous fungi are an extremely important group of organisms, e.g. in causing human and crop diseases, food spoilage, nutrient recycling in the biosphere, promoting the growth of ...

Filamentous fungi are used as microbial cell factories to produce antibiotics, organic acids, and enzymes (Meyer et al., 2016). Many of these products constitute a multi-billion-dollar industry, the ...