Fungus News

Posted April 14, 2008:

• Fungus Fight: Researchers Battle Against Dangerous Corn Toxin

Posted April 9, 2008:

• Bacteria Pitted Against Fungi To Protect Wheat

Posted April 7, 2008:

• Laurel Wilt Of Redbay And Sassafras: Will Avocados Be Next?

Posted April 6, 2008:

• Mechanism Underlying Multidrug Resistance In Fungi Discovered

Posted March 29, 2008:

• Can You Rescue A Rainforest? The Answer May Be Yes

Posted March 28, 2008:

• Zoologists Unlock New Secrets About Frog Deaths

Posted March 27, 2008:

• Defining Gene's Role May Lead To Prevention Of Dangerous Corn Toxin

Posted March 25, 2008:

• Cotton Studies Target Killer: Fusarium Wilt
• Ants Are Experienced Fungus Farmers

Posted March 24, 2008:

• Plants Appear To Cluster The Genes Needed For Defense

Posted March 18, 2008:

• Hissing Cockroaches Are Popular, But They Also Host Potent Mold Allergens
• Fungi Can Tell Us About The Origin Of Sex Chromosomes

Posted March 17, 2008:

• Wheat Killer Detected In Iran: Dangerous Fungus On The Move From East Africa To The Middle East
• People With Job's Syndrome Lack Specific Immune Cells

Posted March 11, 2008:

• Compound Safely Quells Bee-Killing Chalkbrood

Posted March 10, 2008:

• Common Genetic Mechanism Discovered In Nitrogen-fixing Plants

Posted March 6, 2008:

• Secrets Of Cooperation Between Trees And Fungi Revealed

Posted March 4, 2008:

• Evolution Of Root Nodule Symbiosis With Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria

Posted February 29, 2008:

• Mysterious Disease Claims Lives Of More Than 10,000 Bats In New York Area

Posted February 6, 2008:

• Gene Guards Grain-producing Grasses So People And Animals Can Eat
• Fungus Among Us: Invisible Micropollutants Invade Crops, Water Supply

Posted January 31, 2008:

• Fruit Cell Wall Proteins Help Fungus Turn Tomatoes From Ripe To Rotten

Posted January 29, 2008:

• Soft Contact Lens Corneal Infections Fueled By Resistant Microbes

Posted January 23, 2008:

• Unique Fungal Collection Could Hold Key To Future Antibiotics

Posted January 14, 2008:

• Complexity Of Termite Symbiotic Relationships With Fungi Could Hinder The Control Strategy Against This Insect Pest

Posted January 10, 2008:

• Evolution Of The Sexes: What A Fungus Can Tell Us
• New Lab Test Can Detect Costly Fungal Disease In Soybean Seedlings

Posted January 3, 2008:

• Missing Evolutionary Link Found By Using Tiny Fungus Crystal

Posted December 20, 2007:

• Elevated Carbon Dioxide Changes Soil Microbe Mix Below Plants, May Help Plants Grow

Posted December 16, 2007:

• Active Compounds Found In Fungus Has Potential To Treat Prostate Cancer

Posted December 12, 2007:

• More Plant Litter From Higher Carbon Dioxide Could Boost Carbon Released Into Atmosphere

Posted December 7, 2007:

• Beating Hospital Yeast Infection

Posted December 6, 2007:

• Toads In A Hole? Fungal Disease Threatens UK Toad Population

Posted November 28, 2007:

• Wheat Stem Rust: Heading Off World Wheat Threat

Posted November 19, 2007:

• Scorpion Toxin Makes Insecticidal Fungus Deadly To Insect Pests

Posted November 15, 2007:

• Parasites Might Spur Evolution Of Strange Amphibian Breeding Habits

Posted November 12, 2007:

• New Study Suggests Many Unknown Microbes in Soil

Posted November 3, 2007:

• Gamma Interferon Could Aid Fight Against Fungal Infections

Posted October 22, 2007:

• Evidence Of Same-sex Mating In Nature

Posted October 21, 2007:

• Hungry Microbes Share Out The Carbon In The Roots Of Plants

Posted October 11, 2007:

• New Hope For Horse Lovers As Effective Control For Killer Ragwort Is Proposed

Posted October 8, 2007:

• How A Benign Fungus Can Become Life-Threatening

Posted October 5, 2007:

• Fungus Genome Yielding Answers To Protect Grains, People And Animals

Posted September 28, 2007:

• What Protects Us From Sunburn Also Protects Crayfish Against Bacteria

Posted September 20, 2007:

• What Makes A Fungus Virulent? It's Lipase

Posted September 17, 2007:

• New Method Can Reveal Ancestry Of All Genes Across Many Different Genomes

Posted September 16, 2007:

• Common Misdiagnosis: Most Women Believe They Have A Yeast Infection When They Don't

Posted September 13, 2007:

• Scientists Harvest Answers From Genome Of Grain Fungus

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