Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research have developed an innovative system called MetaFlowTrain ...

Fusarium oxysporum is a soil-borne fungal pathogen that causes a group of serious plant diseases known as Fusarium wilts. As ...

Of the four pathogens tested, two were harmful to the ants and two to the cultivated fungi. The study is part of a project ...

And the deadliest pathogenic fungi, such as Candida auris, are becoming increasingly resistant to approved antifungals, which is why researchers are on the hunt for new antifungal compounds.

Drugs that harm fungi often also harm us. Who's at risk from fungal pathogens? Fungal pathogens mainly attack people who are already vulnerable. This includes elderly people, people with existing ...

While the red listing of more mushrooms and their relatives has been welcomed, the results paint a worrying picture. Almost a ...

The insect said to threaten the food security of 600 million people globally may have met its match in the form of several ...

Deng and colleagues identified a natural molecule, named mandimycin, found in a strain of the bacterium Streptomyces netropsis, which kills even highly drug-resistant pathogenic fungi. Mandimycin ...

The trailer for the hit HBO series appears to show the 'zombie fungus' cordyceps infecting humans by releasing air-borne spores, instead of through tentacles -- closer ... Antibiotic Exposure in ...

“And so we seem to have cooked out the fungal pathogens.” Without fungi to aid in decomposition, all life in the forest would soon be buried under a mountain of dead plant matter. “[Fungi ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Leafcutter ants (Atta sexdens) exhibit a form of "social immune memory," recognizing and intensifying their response to a pathogenic fungus even 30 days post ...