Fungus News

Posted November 24, 2009:

• Ants Use Bacteria to Make Their Gardens Grow
• Killer Fungus Threatening Amphibians

Posted November 22, 2009:

• Termites Create Sustainable Monoculture Fungus Farming

Posted November 21, 2009:

• First Map of Chromosome Terminals of Higher Fungi

Posted November 20, 2009:

• Frog Legs Trade May Facilitate Spread of Pathogens
• Bacterially Produced Antifungal on Skin of Amphibians May Protect Against Lethal Fungus
• After Mastodons and Mammoths, a Transformed Landscape

Posted November 19, 2009:

• The Benefits of Stress ... in Plants
• Taking Aim at Hard-to-Treat Fungal Infections

Posted November 17, 2009:

• Slowing Evolution to Stop Drug Resistance

Posted November 12, 2009:

• In The War Between The Sexes, The One With The Closest Fungal Relationship Wins

Posted November 8, 2009:

• Pathogen Protection And Virulence: Dark Side Of Fungal Membrane Protein Revealed

Posted November 3, 2009:

• Wolves, Moose And Biodiversity: An Unexpected Connection

Posted October 30, 2009:

• Genetic Links To Fungal Infection Risk Identified

Posted October 29, 2009:

• Pumpkin Skin May Scare Away Germs
• Rot-Resistant Wheat Could Save Farmers Millions

Posted October 27, 2009:

• Catching A Killer One Spore At A Time: Monitor The Spread Of A Deadly Frog Disease

Posted October 18, 2009:

• Do Three Meals A Day Keep Fungi Away? Protective Effect Of Being Warm-Blooded

Posted October 5, 2009:

• Seven New Luminescent Mushroom Species Discovered

Posted October 2, 2009:

• New Ancient Fungus Finding Suggests World's Forests Were Wiped Out In Global Catastrophe

Posted October 1, 2009:

• Control Of Mosquito Vectors Of Malaria May Be Enhanced By A New Method Of Biocontrol

Posted September 29, 2009:

• New Sequencing Technique Could Boost Pine Beetle Fight, Improve Cancer Research

Posted September 24, 2009:

• Fungus Enhances Susceptibility Of Resistant Malaria Mosquito To Pesticides

Posted September 23, 2009:

• Frog Fungus Hammering Biodiversity Of Communities

Posted September 15, 2009:

• RNA Interference Found In Budding Yeasts

Posted September 14, 2009:

• Fungus-Treated Violin Outdoes Stradivarius

Posted September 10, 2009:

• Cape Tulips: Pretty But Pests In Pastures

Posted September 8, 2009:

• Mounting A Multi-Layered Attack On Fungal Infections

Posted September 3, 2009:

• Over Time, An Invasive Plant Loses Its Toxic Edge
• Fungal Map Of Mutations Key To Increasing Enzyme Production For Bioenergy Use

Posted September 1, 2009:

• Using Thread-Like Fungi To Help High Elevation Pines Grow

Posted August 25, 2009:

• Genomic Study Yields Plausible Cause Of Colony Collapse Disorder
• Ant Has Given Up Sex Completely, Report Researchers

Posted August 24, 2009:

• At The Fungal Farmer's Market, Only The Best Cyanobacteria Are For Sale

Posted August 22, 2009:

• Orchids And Fungi Partners For Life

Posted August 16, 2009:

• Fungus Found In Humans Shown To Be Nimble In Mating Game

Posted August 15, 2009:

• How Pathogens Have Shaped Genes Involved In Our Immune System

Posted August 13, 2009:

• Parasite Causes Zombie Ants To Die In An Ideal Spot

Posted August 10, 2009:

• Is Bat White-Nose Syndrome An Emerging Fungal Pathogen?

Posted July 20, 2009:

• Controlling Kudzu With Naturally Occurring Fungus

Posted July 13, 2009:

• Infectious Disease Researchers Advancing Vaccine Against Valley Fever

Posted July 8, 2009:

• Virus-Resistant Grapevines

Posted July 5, 2009:

• Late Blight Irish Potato Famine Fungus Attacks U.S. Northeast Gardens And Farms Hard

Posted July 4, 2009:

• HIV-Related Death: Predicting Fatal Fungal Infections

Posted June 25, 2009:

• Basis For Potato Blight Control Becomes Visible

Posted June 17, 2009:

• New Mechanism Fundamental To The Spread Of Invasive Yeast Infections Identified

Posted June 15, 2009:

• Fungus Species Traced Using The Internet
• New Species Of Phallus-Shaped Mushroom Named After California Academy Of Sciences Scientist

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