In India’s hot and humid climate, fungal infections surge and your everyday hygiene mistakes could be the hidden cause. One ...

Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers report that fossilized entomopathogenic fungi from mid-Cretaceous amber reveal some of the oldest direct evidence of parasitic relationships between fungi and ...

The availability of the complete genome of the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans enables a thorough investigation of its biology. In the 13 March Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Tzung ...

A new superbug threat is spreading around the world. The culprit: microscopic fungal spores that live in and on human bodies and in the dirt and air. Torrence Irvin believes the life-threatening ...

Fungal infections behave differently from bacteria and viruses. They rarely spread person to person. Instead, most come from the environment - moldy soil, decaying plants, airborne spores.

One real-world example of fungi becoming more widespread due to climate change is Valley fever, caused by the Coccidioides fungus.This pathogen thrives in hot, dry areas like the southwestern ...

AM fungi live within plant root cells, forming a unique alliance with their plant hosts. This relationship is more than a simple coexistence; it involves a complex and critical exchange of ...

Unlike bacterial infections, fungi are harder to treat and resistant to many existing drugs. Despite the threat, less than 10 per cent of the world’s estimated fungal species have been described ...