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• Seeds
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  Healthy Seeds -- Treated Environmentally Friendly

  February 5, 2013 — Farmers treat seeds chemically in order to rid them of pest infestation. Now researchers have developed a method that kills pathogens without harming the environment. Pioneering seed suppliers are ... > full story
• Gynecology
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  Sexual Health
  Biology
   

  Discovery of Sexual Mating in Candida Albicans Could Provide Insights Into Infections

  January 30, 2013 — Like many fungi and one-celled organisms, Candida albicans, a normally harmless microbe that can turn deadly, has long been thought to reproduce without sexual mating. But a new study shows that C. ... > full story
• Fungus
  Today's Healthcare
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  A Rapid Test for Fungus That Caused Injection Deaths

  January 9, 2013 — A rapid detection assay has been developed to Exserhilum rostratum, the fungus primarily responsible for 39 deaths among patients injected last year with a contaminated steroid medication. The test ... > full story
• Microbiology
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  Evolutionary Biology
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  Cheating Slime Mold Gets the Upper Hand

  January 8, 2013 — A  ‘cheater’ mutation (chtB) in Dictyostelium discoideum, a free living slime mould able to co-operate as social organism when food is scarce, allows the cheater strain to exploit ... > full story
• Frogs and Reptiles
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  Genetic Matchmaking Saves Endangered Frogs

  January 8, 2013 — What if Noah got it wrong? What if he paired a male and a female animal thinking they were the same species, and then discovered they were not the same and could not produce offspring? As researchers ... > full story
• Fungus
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  Mating and Breeding
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  Genes
   
  

  Molds Are Able to Reproduce Sexually: Researchers Grow Penicillin-Producing Fungi With New Properties

  January 8, 2013 — For over 100 years, it was assumed that the penicillin-producing mold fungus, Penicillium chrysogenum, only reproduced asexually through spores. Biologists have now shown for the first time that the ... > full story
• Beer and Wine
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  Biology
  Nature
   
  

  Even in Same Vineyard, Different Microbes May Create Variations in Wine Grapes

  December 26, 2012 — Choosing the perfect wine may soon involve more than just knowing the perfect vintage and chateau. Differences in the microbes present on grapes even in different parts of the same vineyard may ... > full story
• Exotic Species
  Invasive Species
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  Nature
   

  Invasive Plant Species May Harm Native Grasslands by Changing Soil Composition

  December 19, 2012 — The future landscape of the American Midwest could look a lot like the past—covered in native grasslands rather than agricultural crops. This is not a return to the past, however, but a future ... > full story
• Caving
  Soil Types
  Fungus
  Wild Animals
  Extreme Survival
  Organic
   

  Bad News for Bats: Deadly Fungus Persists in Caves

  December 18, 2012 — Researchers have found that the organism that causes deadly white-nose syndrome persists in caves long after it has killed the bats in those ... > full story
• Fungus
  Tornadoes
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  Microbiology
  Healthy Aging
   

  Flesh-Eating Fungus Responsible for Five Deaths in Wake of Massive Tornado

  December 14, 2012 — A fast growing, flesh-eating fungus killed five people following a massive tornado that devastated Joplin, Mo., according to two new ... > full story

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