fungus, microbiology

The World Health Organization’s first ever fungal priority pathogens list highlights the growing threat of fungal diseases and antifungal resistance.

It’s not clear whether, or how, the organisms might play a role in disease pathology.

Environmental pressure seems to spawn changes in the intrinsically disordered regions of enzymes in polar yeasts, allowing them to adapt to extreme cold.

Tortoise leaf beetles enjoy the protection the fungus provides from insect predators such as ants, then carry the microbe to a mutual plant host, which their fungal symbiont infects.

Human mucus contains glycans that could one day treat harmful Candida albicans infections.

Advances in sequencing technologies have finally allowed researchers to zero in on the genetic diversity underlying the incredible mating system of shelf fungi.

Forest floor-dwelling fungi can send one another electrical signals to form word-like clusters, according to a computer scientist, but whether that represents something akin to language isn’t clear.

Comparing the genomes of modern pathogens with those of cryopreserved strains from several decades ago shed light on the evolution of coffee wilt disease outbreaks in Africa.

In a first, patients who hadn’t been treated with antifungals were found to carry Candida auris impervious to all three available classes of the drugs.

Doctors are reporting an uptick in cases of a highly lethal condition called mucormycosis that might be linked to steroid treatments for SARS-CoV-2.

Experts fear the fungal pathogen will spread to other African countries, threatening wheat production.

The chemical process may make the metal more soluble and move it closer to the Earth’s surface.

Paleontologists find microscopic fungi in Arctic Canada that is reported to be about twice as old as the previously oldest known fossils of fungi.

Fungal researcher Christina Cuomo discusses the spread of infections plaguing hospitals across the world.

Scientists discover a third fungus that is widespread in lichens, but it’s not clear yet whether it’s a partner in the algal-fungal symbiosis or a bystander.

Researchers study the mechanistic effects of behavioral changes caused by parasites in fruit flies.

Rather than getting a gene for its original function, a horizontal gene transfer provides the raw material for evolutionary innovation.

Brazilian researchers report a relatively large diversity of fungi in marine ecosystems surrounding Antarctica, but warn that climate change could bring unpleasant surprises.

By ditching traditional agar-based media, two biochemists captured iconic images of Myxococcus in 1982.