During Japan’s rainy season and again in autumn, mushrooms often sprout on park lawns and sports fields. Scientists who study mushrooms, though, have paid far more attention to the fungi of forests. When researchers surveyed lawns in Japan, they found…
A new taxonomic study combining morphology, DNA phylogeny and haplotype networks resolves two cases of duplicate species publication in the Chinese plant genus Oreocharis. Subject of Research: Taxonomic revision of the flowering plant genus Oreocharis in China using morphology, molecular…
A multigene phylogenetic study of Sporidesmium-related fungi resolves seven distinct lineages, establishing the new genus Lignosporidesmium and the new species Xenosporidesmium lignicola.
Whole-genome sequencing of 23 clinical isolates from China shows that 16S rRNA sequencing misidentifies Nocardia gipuzkoensis as N. abscessus, with highest susceptibility to trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole, linezolid, and amikacin. The team examined 23 strains of N. gipuzkoensis isolated from clinical cases in China between 2017 and…
A comprehensive review shows that fungal glutamate dehydrogenases act as integrative regulators of nitrogen metabolism, morphogenesis and infection, with inhibitors of these enzymes showing antifungal potential.
A triterpenoid isolated from an Algerian desert plant inhibited several Candida species in vitro and showed stable computed binding to the SARS-CoV-2 main protease.
A study of 113 woody species in the Qinling Mountains shows that mycorrhizal type and life form independently shape plant resource-use strategies.
GenomeScope analysis of the sequencing data revealed a predominantly single-peaked k-mer distribution, but the authors report that this pattern did not provide a clear indication of either a haploid or a diploid genome. That ambiguity prompted an independent line of…
Across 12 forest sites in Germany, the bacterial communities living on the leaves of European ash trees share a small core of common genera, yet the way those core bacteria connect to the rest of the community differs markedly from place…
Blueberry plants host diverse fungal communities on their aboveground tissues, yet how these communities shift across flower and fruit development has remained unclear. This study identifies how fungal diversity changes over time and across tissue types in highbush blueberry, revealing…
Fungi as organisms: fungal biology and mycelium networks, fungal pathogens such as Candida auris and the chytrid killing amphibians, and mushrooms in science.
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