Fungus News

Posted January 28, 2009:

• Fungus Lessens Serious Grapefruit-Drug Reaction

Posted January 15, 2009:

• Biologist Enhances Use Of Bioinformatic Tools And Achieves Precision In Genetic Annotation

Posted December 23, 2008:

• In Many Fungi, Reproductive Spores Are Remarkably Aerodynamic

Posted December 22, 2008:

• E. Coli Engineered To Produce Important Class Of Antibiotic, Anti-Cancer Drugs

Posted December 16, 2008:

• Voriconazole: A Highly Potent Treatment For Fungal Infections

Posted December 15, 2008:

• Advance In The Battle Against 'Gray Mold'

Posted December 1, 2008:

• Agriculture: Gray Mold's Killer Gene Discovered

Posted November 30, 2008:

• Sex Life Of Killer Fungus Finally Revealed

Posted November 24, 2008:

• Global Warming Is Changing Organic Matter In Soil: Atmosphere Could Change As A Result

Posted November 17, 2008:

• Farming And Chemical Warfare: A Day In The Life Of An Ant

Posted November 12, 2008:

• Global Warming Link To Amphibian Declines In Doubt

Posted November 7, 2008:

• Gene That Regulates Mold's Resistance To Drugs Identified

Posted November 3, 2008:

• New Type Of Diesel Fuel Found In Patagonia Fungus
• Dried Mushrooms Slow Climate Warming In Northern Forests

Posted October 31, 2008:

• Fungus Pitted Against Apple Pest

Posted October 30, 2008:

• Mysterious Bat Disease Decimates Colonies: Newly Identified Fungus Implicated In White-Nose Syndrome
• Tiny Fungi May Have Sex While Infecting Humans

Posted October 27, 2008:

• Honing In On New Strategy To Treat Common Infection
• Soybeans No Longer 'A Musical Fruit?'

Posted October 16, 2008:

• Ecosystem-Level Consequences Of Frog Extinctions

Posted October 14, 2008:

• Modern Genetics Versus Ancient Frog-Killing Fungus

Posted October 10, 2008:

• Using Electrons To Treat Organic Seeds

Posted October 6, 2008:

• Fungus Fights Air Pollution By Removing Sulfur From Crude Oil

Posted October 2, 2008:

• Wielding Microbe Against Microbe, Beetle Defends Its Food Source

Posted September 29, 2008:

• New Self-Training Gene Prediction Program For Fungi Developed

Posted September 22, 2008:

• Captive Breeding Introduced Infectious Disease To Mallorcan Amphibians

Posted September 21, 2008:

• Nematode Genome Provides Insight Into Evolution Of Parasitism

Posted September 18, 2008:

• European Research Effort Tackles Dangerous Mould

Posted September 16, 2008:

• Fastest Flights In Nature: High-Speed Spore Discharge Mechanisms Among Fungi

Posted September 9, 2008:

• Food Soil Stuck To Surfaces Can Hold Bacteria In Food Processing Factories

Posted September 8, 2008:

• Catching The Blood Cell Bus Gives Fatal Yeast Infection A Clean Getaway
• Alpine Fungi Collected In Beartooth Mountains Of Montana
• Toward Improved Antibiotics Using Proteins From Marine Diatoms

Posted September 7, 2008:

• How Plants Fine Tune Their Natural Chemical Defenses

Posted September 5, 2008:

• Atomic Structure Of The Mammalian 'Fatty Acid Factory' Determined

Posted September 2, 2008:

• Ecologists Search For Invasive Ladybird’s Weak Spot

Posted August 22, 2008:

• Undergrads' Amazon Trip Yields A Treasure Trove Of Diversity

Posted August 18, 2008:

• Novel Fungus Helps Beetles To Digest Hard Wood

Posted August 12, 2008:

• Dying Frogs Sign Of A Biodiversity Crisis
• New Group Of Plant Hormones Discovered

Posted August 11, 2008:

• Bugs Put The Heat In Chili Peppers

Posted August 7, 2008:

• Fungal Disease Culprits Identified With Molecular Genetics

Posted August 1, 2008:

• Fungi Expert Finds New Species In Aberdeen City Centre, Scotland

Posted July 20, 2008:

• Switchgrass May Mean Better Soil

Posted July 17, 2008:

• Virulence Factor That Induces Fatal Candida Infection Identified

Posted July 1, 2008:

• Fungi The Cause Of Many Outbreaks Of Disease, But Mostly Ignored

Posted June 30, 2008:

• Tree-Killing Fungus Officially Named By Scientists

Posted June 29, 2008:

• Protecting Romaine Lettuce From Pathogens
• Shiitake Mushrooms May Improve Human Immune Function, Especially If Grown On Old Oak Logs
• Glomalin Is Key To Locking Up Soil Carbon

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