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Bugs Put The Heat In Chili Peppers
August 11, 2008 — New research shows that bugs -- both the crawling kind and ones you can only see with a microscope -- are responsible for the heat in chili ... > full story -
Fungal Disease Culprits Identified With Molecular Genetics
August 7, 2008 — A new method rapidly detects the "genetic fingerprints" of fungi responsible for millions of dollars in losses in western ... > full story -
Fungi Expert Finds New Species In Aberdeen City Centre, Scotland
August 1, 2008 — A leading fungi expert has accidentally stumbled upon a new species in Scotland – as he walked home from ... > full story -
Switchgrass May Mean Better Soil
July 20, 2008 — Soils with native grasses such as switchgrass have higher levels of a key soil component called glomalin than soils planted to non-native ... > full story -
Virulence Factor That Induces Fatal Candida Infection Identified
July 17, 2008 — Singapore scientists found that certain substances from bacteria living in the human intestine cause the normally harmless Candida albicans fungus to become highly infectious. Once in the infectious ... > full story -
Fungi The Cause Of Many Outbreaks Of Disease, But Mostly Ignored
July 1, 2008 — Many people, scientists among them, are largely unaware of the roles fungi play in the world around us. Research on fungi and fungal diseases are seriously neglected as a result -- a situation with ... > full story -
Tree-Killing Fungus Officially Named By Scientists
June 30, 2008 — Scientists have officially named the fungus responsible for killing redbay and other trees in the coastal plains of northeastern Florida, Georgia and South ... > full story -
Protecting Romaine Lettuce From Pathogens
June 29, 2008 — Knowing the preferences of foodborne pathogens such as Escherichia coli O157:H7 is essential to a successful counterattack on these microbes. That's why microbiologists are scrutinizing the ... > full story -
Shiitake Mushrooms May Improve Human Immune Function, Especially If Grown On Old Oak Logs
June 29, 2008 — Shiitake (Lentinula edodes) mushrooms are good for you--and shiitake byproducts can be good for other crops. These mushrooms contain high-molecular-weight polysaccharides (HMWP), which some studies ... > full story -
Glomalin Is Key To Locking Up Soil Carbon
June 29, 2008 — Glomalin, the substance coating this microscopic fungus growing on a corn root, can keep carbon in the soil from decomposing for up to 100 ... > full story
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