How do nematodes evade fungal predators? This study reveals that a #NuclearHormoneReceptor alters the #nematode cuticle, allowing them to evade #fungal adhesive traps. But this is costly, as escaping worms are more delicate & sensitive to osmotic stress @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/45QMA1T
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#Fungal infections are hard to treat due to #DrugResistance. @blake_billmyre &co use a high-throughput #TNseq system in #Cryptococcus neoformans to identify >1400 essential genes & reveal a role for #mitochondrial genes in #fluconazole sensitivity @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4dz3iVm
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#Lichens are symbionts. There is a #fungal component (most are about 90 percent fungus) and a photosynthetic component (#algae or #cyanobacteria). Whether lichens can survive on #Mars 
depends on the species. https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/lichens-can-survive-almost-anything-and-some-might-survive-mars
Ars Technica · Lichens can survive almost anything, and some might survive Mars
Pretty cool that more and more information is spreading about #fungal #networks! Here a link from National Geographic on impressive work some colleagues did on mycorrhizal networks https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/fungi-underground-mycelium-network-plants-the-last-of-us
www.nationalgeographic.com · These are the real fungal ‘superhighways’ that inspired ‘The Last of Us’
#Agarwood is a nontimber #forest product with high #economic and #medicinal value. Using a polyphasic approach, Du et al. reveal 10 novel and 1 known saprobic #fungal #taxa from terrestrial agarwood-producing #trees. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13128
@WileyEcolEvol
#JSE #ecology #evolution #botany
#Fungal #resistance in #plants associated with heritable differences in #microbiota abundances.
#Sclerotinia #rhizosphere #microbiome #genomic
https://phys.org/news/2024-05-fungal-resistance-heritable-differences-microbiota.html
Phys.org · Fungal resistance in plants associated with heritable differences in microbiota abundances
Report: Global #wine production worst in 62 years due to 'extreme #climate events'
The 10% decrease is the world's steepest drop in wine production in 62 years, according to the industry report. The #grape harvest was the worst reported since 1961.
By Mike Heuer, UPI
Published Apr 29, 2024
"#Fires, #droughts and other conditions commonly associated with a changing global climate greatly contributed to making the world's 2023 wine production the worst in 62 years, industry officials have reported.
"A 'State of the World Vine and Wine Sector in 2023' report released Thursday by the France-based International Organization of Vine and Wine cites 'extreme environmental conditions' as a primary cause of a 10% drop in global wine production in 2023.
"John Barker, director of the wine organization, said 'drought, #ExtremeHeat and fires, as well as #HeavyRain causing #flooding and #fungal disease across major northern and southern hemisphere wine production regions" were primary factors in the decrease in global wine production.
"The 10% decrease is the world's steepest drop in wine production in 62 years, according to the industry report. The grape harvest was the worst reported since 1961.
"A 26% drop in wine production in #Australia and a 23% drop in #Italy made those nations the worst in 2023. #Spain lost more than 20% of its wine production, and #Chile and #SouthAfrica each recorded 10% drops."
Newly identified #yeast could prevent #fungal #infections by outcompeting rivals, study suggests.
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-newly-yeast-fungal-infections-outcompeting.html
Phys.org · Newly identified yeast could prevent fungal infections by outcompeting rivals, study suggests
Insights into #fungal #toxin promise new treatment pathway for #C_albicans #infections.
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-insights-fungal-toxin-treatment-pathway.html
Phys.org · Insights into fungal toxin promise new treatment pathway for C. albicans infections
Harnessing the mechanisms of #fungal #bioluminescence to confer autonomous luminescence in plant and animal cells.
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-harnessing-mechanisms-fungal-bioluminescence-confer.html
Phys.org · Harnessing the mechanisms of fungal bioluminescence to confer autonomous luminescence in plant and animal cells
A group of international #mycology experts led by Professor Dr Oliver A. Cornely at the University of Cologne has jointly drafted a guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of #cryptococcosis, which aims at improving infection management and thus the survival rate of patients.
#Fungal #Microbiology #Medical #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2024/02/mcb02142402.html
www.sflorg.comBetter diagnosis and treatment of cryptococcosisCryptococcosis, especially cryptococcal meningitis (CM) as the most fatal form
How #leafcutter_ants cultivate a #fungal garden to degrade #plants could provide insights into future #biofuels.
#Leucoagaricus #lignocellulose #microbial #consortia
https://phys.org/news/2024-02-leafcutter-ants-cultivate-fungal-garden.html
Phys.org · How leafcutter ants cultivate a fungal garden to degrade plants could provide insights into future biofuels
FREE PALESTINE #Strep, #bacterial & #fungal infections are all on the rise, along with our beloved and protected viruses such as #covid, #rsv, #flu, #measles and as a side effect/bonus, #pneumonia. Our society is hard at work ensuring we get sicker and sicker, over and over again, allowing these bugs to thrive and - eventually - dominate.
This behaviour strikes me as... curious.
I will have no part of it. I will protect myself and those around me by extracting myself from risky public situations, and using a high-quality #respirator like an #n95 anytime I am around other people. No bugs in, no bugs out.
CBCN.B. records 5 deaths from invasive Group A strep in January — already half of 2023 total | CBC NewsOne month into 2024, New Brunswick is already halfway to last year's total number of deaths from severe Group A strep infections, according to the province's acting chief medical officer of health.
After I found beautiful lichens full of apothecia in the #forest, I decided to create a video about these picturesque structures.
#Apothecium - is a sexual organ of #Lichens. It is a fruit body of the #fungal partner.
Here, I show a detailed structure of the Apothecium and the fate of fungal #spores :)
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