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UrduA group of international mycology experts led by Professor Dr Oliver A. Cornely at the University of Cologne has jointly drafted a guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of cryptococcosis, which aims at improving infection management and thus the survival rate of patients.
Tag: MYCOLOGY
Millipede species, rarely documented in West Virginia, detected by WVU researchers as part of National Geographic project
Angie Macias, a doctoral student at West Virginia University, and Matt Kasson, an associate professor, are part of a National Geographic-funded project to study the fungal diversity associated with fungus-feeding millipedes.
Food claiming to have ‘wild mushrooms’ rarely does
Harvesting wild mushrooms requires an expert eye, making products containing wild fungi expensive. Due to minimal food regulations, it’s nearly impossible to know what species are actually contained within. Sequencing revealed food products labeled with wild mushrooms mostly contained cultivated fungi and some mushrooms poisonous to humans.
Kelp for corn? Illinois scientists demystify natural products for crops
URBANA, Ill. – Corn growers can choose from a wide array of products to make the most of their crop, but the latest could bring seaweed extract to a field near you. The marine product is just one class in…
Elevated warming, ozone have detrimental effects on plant roots, promote soil carbon loss
Two factors that play a key role in climate change – increased climate warming and elevated ozone levels – appear to have detrimental effects on soybean plant roots, their relationship with symbiotic microorganisms in the soil and the ways the…
How plants compensate symbiotic microbes
“Equal pay for equal work,” a motto touted by many people, turns out to be relevant to the plant world as well. According to new research by Stanford University ecologists, plants allocate resources to their microbial partners in proportion to…
Sexual reproduction without mating
Hannah Enders and Dr. Florian Hennicke describe the precise anatomy of these structures of the poplar mushroom in the Journal of Fungi of 19 May 2021. An edible wild mushroom One of the organisms attacked by the fungus Cyclocybe parasitica…
New broadly applicable tool provides insight into fungicide resistance
Succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors (SDHIs) are a class of fungicides widely used to control many fungal diseases of crops. The relationship between SDHIs and fungi can be compared to finding the right key for the right lock. However, fungi are adaptable…
Blue-eyed buzzers, human interest emerge from Brood X
Prepare to say hello to cleaner windshields and goodbye to a distinct, deafening buzzing sound – for four years, at least. Brood X (“ten”), the noisy batch of cicadas running rampant throughout the East Coast and Midwest, will be departing…
COVID-19 creates conditions for emergence of ‘superfungus’ in Brazil
Fully occupied intensive care units (ICUs). Physically and mentally exhausted health workers. Chaotically overcrowded hospitals. These and similar problems posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil have created ideal conditions for the emergence of Candida auris , a microorganism some…
Fast heart, slow heart: Changes in the molecular motor myosin explain the difference
A molecular explanation for an old physiologic observation
A new disease called halo blight threatens Michigan hop production
If you’re a beer drinker, you’ve noticed that hoppy beers have become increasingly popular. Most of the nation’s hops come from the Pacific Northwest. However, commercial hop production regions have expanded significantly. In Michigan hop production nearly tripled between 2014…
Fungus fights mites that harm honey bees
New fungus strain could provide a chemical-free method to help honey bees
Immune function of small chloroplasts in the epidermal cells of plants
It is said that 10 to 15% of the world’s agricultural production loss is caused by diseases, which is equivalent of the food for about 500 million people. And since 70-80% of this plant disease is caused by filamentous fungi,…
Study shows how fungi and bacteria can activate genes associated with head and neck cancer
A research group at São Paulo State University (UNESP) analyzed how Candida albicans fungi and Staphylococcus aureus bacteria influence gene expression and tumor cell survival
Host, management, or microbial traits: Which is dominant in plant microbiome assemblage?
We’ve all heard the news stories of how what you eat can affect your microbiome. Changing your diet can shift your unique microbial fingerprint. This shift can cause a dramatic effect on your health. But what about the microbiome of…
Fungi could manipulate bacteria to enrich soil with nutrients
Researchers have discovered a group of soil bacteria that could yield alternatives to conventional fertilizers for enriching soil and improving crop yields
New discoveries on deadly fungus – might be a key for treatment
Aspergillus fumigatus kills as many people as malaria and tuberculosis, but is less known. It is found “everywhere”, for example in the soil or in our compost, but is not normally dangerous to healthy people. Those who die from it…
Scientists study co-evolutionary relationship between rust fungi and wheat and barberry
Wheat stripe rust is one of the most important wheat diseases and is caused by the plant-pathogenic fungi Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici ( Pst ). Though Pst is known to be highly host-specific, it is interestingly able to infect…
Multidrug-resistant candida auris discovered in a natural environment
Washington, D.C. – March 16, 2021 – For the first time, researchers have isolated the fungus Candida auris from a sandy beach and tidal swamp in a remote coastal wetland ecosystem. The discovery, reported this week in mBio , an open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, represents the first evidence…
Can I squeeze through here? How some fungi can grow through tiny gaps
University of Tsukuba research team sheds new light on how fungi that cause diseases can penetrate tissues by squeezing through tiny gaps between plant or animal cells
Foodborne fungus impairs intestinal wound healing in Crohn’s disease
Study in mice, people suggests new approaches to treating symptoms
The gut mycobiome influences the metabolism of processed foods
New research in mice points to a significant role for fungi to shape metabolism, including fat deposition, and metabolic hormones.
‘Fungal ghosts’ protect skin, fabric from toxins, radiation
Inspired by fungus, new form of synthetic melanin acts as natural detoxifier
NCI grant enables exploration of cancer-fighting compound isolated from Moroccan fungus
AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 4, 2021) – A compound isolated from a fungus growing on the roots of a flowering plant in Morocco shows promise as a powerful opponent of aggressive triple negative breast cancer, scientists say. They have early evidence…
Innovative cancer treatment found to be promising for the control of fungal infections
The use of CAR T-cells reprogrammed to ‘recognize’ Cryptococcus spp. proved effective to combat the infection in vitro and in mice
Mushrooms Add Important Nutrients When Included in the Typical Diet
First dietary modeling analysis of all three USDA Food Patterns investigates the effects of adding a serving of mushrooms
Scientists found in marine mold substance that antidotes paraquat
Biologically active compounds from the marine fungus Penicillium dimorphosporum protect cells from paraquat, the highly toxic herbicide with no remedy, and might enhance the action of some drugs. The fungus was isolated from soft coral collected in the South China…
Life from Earth could temporarily survive on Mars
Study shows sending microbes to Earth’s stratosphere, to test their endurance to Martian conditions, can reveal their potential use and threats to space travel
Biological therapy has proved a suitable alternative to antibiotics
A “healthy” alternative to antibiotics
Europe’s largest meteorite crater – home to deep ancient fungi
At the scenic Swedish lake of Siljan, an impressive impact structure of more than 50 km in diameter formed almost 400 million years ago. In newly retrieved bore cores from drillings deep into the crater, a team of researchers have…
Temperature affects susceptibility of newts to skin-eating fungus
Eastern newt populations in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada are at greatest risk of infection with a new skin-eating fungus, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal), according to a study published February 18 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Matthew…
Deadly White-Nose Syndrome Changed Genes in Surviving Bats
Study has big implications for management of bat populations
New eco-friendly technique protects rice plants against devastating fungal infection
Researchers have developed a new technique to protect rice seeds against fungal infections that can ruin up to half of all rice crops in the world. The biocontrol method, which involves inoculation of flowers with a different fungus that doesn’t…
In symbiosis: Plants control the genetics of microbes
Researchers from the University of Ottawa have discovered that plants may be able to control the genetics of their intimate root symbionts – the organism with which they live in symbiosis – thereby providing a better understanding of their growth.…
Wonder fungi
From biofuels and other commodity chemicals to methane production, genomic study peers into the mysteries of a goat’s gut
Reindeer lichens are having more sex than expected
Genetic analysis shows that reindeer lichens reproduce sexually as opposed to asexually more often than researchers thought
Scientists look to soils to learn how forests affect air quality, climate change
New research shed lights on the complex relationships between tree types, forest soil nutrients and microbes, and impact on environment
Intercontinental study sheds light on the microbial life of sourdough
In a study of 500 sourdough starters spanning four continents, scientists have garnered new insights into the environmental factors that contribute to each sourdough starter’s microbial ecosystem, and how different types of microbes influence both a sourdough’s aroma and how…
WVU mycologists receive National Geographic Explorers grant to study fungal diversity of millipedes
Millipedes represent some of the earliest known terrestrial animals and are highly understudied, but two West Virginia University researchers are working to shine a light on these important invertebrates. Several years ago, Matt Kasson and Angie Macias set out to…
How soil fungi respond to wildfire
In the wake of the 2017 North Bay fires, the golden hills of Santa Rosa, California, were unrecognizable. Smoky, seared and buried under ash, the landscape appeared desolate, save for some ghostly, blackened – but still alive – oak trees.…
Ancient alliance
Symbiotic relationship between California oaks and mutualist fungi appears to provide a buffer for climate change
The microbiome of Da Vinci’s drawings
The work of Leonardo Da Vinci is an invaluable heritage of the 15th century. From engineering to anatomy, the master paved the way for many scientific disciplines.
The microbiome of Da Vinci’s drawings
The microbial composition of art pieces can reveal interesting facts about their past and the journey they made
Truffle munching wallabies shed new light on forest conservation
Feeding truffles to wallabies may sound like a madcap whim of the jet-setting elite, but it may give researchers clues to preserving remnant forest systems.
APS launches new outreach service, Grow: Plant Health Exchange
The American Phytopathological Society (APS) is pleased to introduce Grow: Plant Health Exchange , an online, science-based resource for plant health management professionals and practitioners to exchange knowledge and discover the latest applied research. All the content is freely accessible…
2020 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award winners named
Six entries featuring notable explanatory and investigative reporting on the global COVID-19 pandemic are among the winners of the 2020 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards. Ed Yong, a staff writer for The Atlantic, won for in-depth reporting on the likely…
ERC Synergy Project studies drug tolerance in intractable fungal infections
Charité and Tel Aviv University launch systematic research into the causes of drug tolerance
“Helper” ambrosia beetles share reproduction with their mother
Fungus-growing Xyleborus affinis beetles have independently evolved a similar social structure to many casteless wasps and bees
Model for acid-tolerant yeast helps guide industrial organic acid production
Microbes and other microscopic organisms could serve as sustainable “factories” to create many types of industrial materials because they naturally convert nutrients such as sugars into byproducts. However, creating industrial amounts of organic acids from renewable resources poses a challenge,…