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Engineers Scale Up Process That Could Improve Economics of Ethanol Production
May 20, 2011 — Engineers have built a pilot plant to test a process designed to improve ethanol production. They're growing fungi on some of ethanol's leftovers to make a quality animal feed and to clean water so ... > full story -
Herbal Remedies Offer Hope as the New Antibiotics
May 19, 2011 — Cancer treatments often have the side effect of impairing the patient's immune system. This can result in life-threatening secondary infections from bacteria and fungi, especially since bacteria, ... > full story -
Lichens May Aid in Combating Deadly Chronic Wasting Disease in Wildlife
May 18, 2011 — Certain lichens can break down the infectious proteins responsible for chronic wasting disease (CWD), a troubling neurological disease fatal to wild deer and elk and spreading throughout the United ... > full story -
Mitigating Mummy Berry Disease of Blueberry
May 17, 2011 — Blueberries may be nutritional powerhouses, but some types are no match for the fungus Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi, which causes "mummy berry" disease. Researchers have conducted comprehensive ... > full story -
Molecular Technique Advances Soybean Rust Resistance Research
May 16, 2011 — A new tool is available to select for soybean rust resistance in breeding populations. Researchers successfully used quantitative polymerase chain reaction (Q-PCR) assays to assess fungal DNA in ... > full story -
Comparison of Genomes of Plant Parasites Provides Solid Clues for Response
May 16, 2011 — Researchers have observed shared traits that different microbes have evolved to survive as absolutely dependent on their hostile hosts -- and that can be targeted to turn on crop plant's ... > full story -
Same Fungus, Different Strains: A Comparative Genomics Approach for Improved 'Green' Chemical Production
May 13, 2011 — Aspergillus niger is an integral player in the carbon cycle, it possesses an arsenal of enzymes that can be deployed in breaking down plant cell walls to free up sugars that can then be fermented and ... > full story -
University Pond Reveals Hidden History of Fungi
May 11, 2011 — A study of DNA in a campus pond at the University of Exeter has led to the discovery of a whole new type of fungi. Named Cryptomycota by the researchers, the discovery redefines understanding of ... > full story -
Wine Yeasts Reveal Prehistoric Microbial World
May 11, 2011 — When having a glass of wine or beer, have you ever wondered why and how yeast "learned" to produce these superb food products? Yeasts are unicellular fungi and so far over 1,500 different species ... > full story -
Genomes of Fungi That Threaten Wheat, Poplars Sequenced
May 9, 2011 — Scientists have sequenced the genomes of two fungal pathogens -- one that threatens global wheat supplies and another that limits production of a tree crop valued as a future source for ... > full story
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