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Wielding Microbe Against Microbe, Beetle Defends Its Food Source
As the southern pine beetle
moves through the forest
boring tunnels inside the
bark of trees, it brings
with it both a helper and a
... > full story
New Self-training Gene Prediction Program For Fungi Developed
Researchers have developed a
computer program that trains
itself to predict genes in
the DNA sequences of fungi.
The software will be freely
available for academic rese ... > full story
Captive Breeding Introduced Infectious Disease To Mallorcan Amphibians
A potentially deadly fungus
that can kill frogs and
toads was inadvertently
introduced into Mallorca by
a captive breeding program
... > full story
European Research Effort Tackles Dangerous Mould
Ubiquitous fungus
Aspergillus fumigatus poses
an increasing threat to
patients with compromised
immune systems. The European
Science Foundation has
... > full story
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Using Electrons To Treat Organic Seeds
October 10, 2008 — Sales of organic products are booming: Consumers want their food to be untainted. To avoid the use of fungicides yet nevertheless protect plants from disease, researchers have developed a method that ... > full story -
Fungus Fights Air Pollution By Removing Sulfur From Crude Oil
October 8, 2008 — Researchers in Iran are publishing what they describe as the first study on a fungus that can remove sulfur -- a major source of air pollution -- from crude oil more effectively than conventional ... > full story -
Fastest Flights In Nature: High-speed Spore Discharge Mechanisms Among Fungi
September 17, 2008 — Microscopic coprophilous (dung-loving fungi) make our planet habitable by degrading the billions of tons of feces produced by herbivores. But the fungi have a problem: survival depends upon the ... > full story -
Food Soil Stuck To Surfaces Can Hold Bacteria In Food Processing Factories
September 12, 2008 — Tiny amounts of food soil stuck to surfaces can act as a reservoir for potentially pathogenic bacteria. This food may help bacteria to survive industrial cleaning regimes in food processing ... > full story -
Toward Improved Antibiotics Using Proteins From Marine Diatoms
September 11, 2008 — Researchers in Florida are reporting an advance toward tapping the enormous potential of an emerging new group of antibiotics identical to certain germ-fighting proteins found in the human immune ... > full story -
How Plants Fine Tune Their Natural Chemical Defenses
September 10, 2008 — Even closely related plants produce their own natural chemical cocktails, each set uniquely adapted to the individual plant's specific habitat. Comparing antifungals produced by tobacco and henbane, ... > full story -
Catching The Blood Cell Bus Gives Fatal Yeast Infection A Clean Getaway
September 9, 2008 — Yeast fungus cells that kill thousands of AIDS patients every year escape detection by our bodies' defenses by hiding inside our own defense cells, and hitch a ride through our systems before ... > full story -
Ecologists Search For Invasive Ladybird’s Weak Spot
September 9, 2008 — Ecologists have discovered that -- as well as being larger, hungrier and more aggressive than most British native ladybirds -- the invasive alien harlequin ladybird is also more resistant to fungal ... > full story -
Alpine Fungi Collected In Beartooth Mountains Of Montana
September 8, 2008 — Some of the world's top experts on fungi recently collected fungi and mushrooms above tree line in the Beartooth Mountains near Red Lodge, ... > full story -
Atomic Structure Of The Mammalian 'Fatty Acid Factory' Determined
September 8, 2008 — Mammalian fatty acid synthase is one of the most complex molecular synthetic machines in human cells. It is also a promising target for the development of anti-cancer and anti-obesity drugs and the ... > full story
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