They can pose a threat to human health — yeast infections are but one example. Scientists say not enough attention is paid to ...

According to Zhang, events like the Fermentation Festival make academia “fun.” The Hill-Maini lab, which has helped spearhead ...

Amid growing evidence of fungi’s key role in ecosystems and storing carbon, African scientists are championing the need to preserve ‘funga’ as much as flora and fauna ...

Tiny organisms on the ground—bacteria and fungi—have a "superpower" that allows them to reach up into the atmosphere and pull ...

New research suggests that fungi in the gut, not just bacteria, may help explain why IBS symptoms vary and persist.

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He says there's a "silence surge" in drug-resistant fungi and that it's mostly happening under-the-radar. This is a ...

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The Underground Atlas, a new model of the worldwide distribution of mycorrhizal, or network-forming, fungi, shows that the fungi in these and other places need protection. Created by researchers at ...

Asiya Gusa’s unconventional career path eventually led her to Cryptococcus, exploring how stress adaptation might make this ...

For a while, scientists thought the trillions of microbes on our bodies lived in landscapes connected to the outside world — our skin, hair, and gut — but research in the last few years has shown that ...

Fried-mushroom sandwiches, loaded mac and cheese and “Kentucky Fried Vegan” bowls with mashed potatoes are on the menu at ...