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Plants and Fungi Together Could Slow Climate Change

November 7, 2019

A recent study identifies a potential mechanism that could be used to decrease atmospheric CO2 via enhanced soil carbon ...

Taming the Wild Cheese Fungus

October 15, 2019

Recent study suggests that wild mold strains could be domesticated intentionally to produce new kinds of artisanal foods...

Banana Disease Boosted by Climate Change

May 6, 2019

Changes to moisture and temperature conditions have increased the risk of Black Sigatoka disease by more than 44 percent...

How a Fungus Can Cripple the Immune System

February 12, 2019

Research team clarifies the mechanism of gliotoxin, a mycotoxin from the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

Expanding Fungal Diversity, One Cell at a Time

October 9, 2018

More than a million species of fungi are estimated to live on this planet, but most of that diversity remains unknown

Tropical Frogs Found to Coexist with Deadly Fungus

October 4, 2018

UMD-led research team observes frog populations persisting in Panamanian forest, a decade after decimation by chytrid fungus...

Chemists Characterize the Fatal Fungus Among Us

July 20, 2018

Life-threatening fungal infections affect more than two million people worldwide

Red Sea Fungus Yields Leads for New Epilepsy Drugs

May 10, 2018

The term “epilepsy” covers a spectrum of brain disorders with symptoms ranging from mildly odd sensations to seiz...

Fungal Highways on Cheese Rinds Influence Food Safety, Ripeness

April 27, 2018

Cheesemakers could manipulate bacteria streams on certain types of cave-ripened natural rind cheese to influence flavor profi...

Invasion of the Body-Snatching Fungus

February 23, 2018

Newly documented behavioral changes in "zombie" cicadas infected with fungus

Fungal Enzymes Could Hold Secret to Making Renewable Energy From Wood

February 16, 2018

Researchers unlock key scientific challenge of how biorefineries can convert wood into biofuel in an environmental and cost-e...

New Drug Target Emerges for Dangerous Fungal Pathogen

February 8, 2018

Recent finding may help pave the way for more effective and innovative treatments against cryptococcosis

Northern Corn Leaf Blight Genes Identified in New Study

January 15, 2018

Researchers have figured out how the fungus is outsmarting corn, and they may be able to use this information to help corn fi...

Lethal Fungus That Causes White-Nose Syndrome May Have an Achilles' Heel, Study Reveals

January 3, 2018

A team of scientists from the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the University of New Hampshire found ...

Biology and Chemistry Combine to Generate New Antibiotics

November 28, 2017

These new compounds are some of the only new class of antibiotics to join the market recently as human therapeutics

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