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Researchers have identified that species in the gut microbiome can produce sphingolipids that protect the host from pathogens.
A new study tracks the proliferation of fungal pathogens among various climate change scenarios—and it’s not good news.
Archaea—one of the three primary domains of life alongside bacteria and eukaryotes—are often overlooked and sometimes mistaken for bacteria due to their single-celled nature and lack of a ...
Fungi are among the most important organisms on Earth. Even though most of the world’s described 157,000 fungal species are only visible with a microscope, these organisms are essential to our ...
Fungi, especially filamentous fungi, are a relatively understudied, biotechnologically useful resource with incredible potential for commercial applications. These multicellular eukaryotic organisms ...
Scientists recreated the origins of one of life's most important partnerships, uncovering how symbiotic relationships can evolve into powerful alliances.
Fungi growing on leaves and twigs in the woods that rivers pass through are probably washed into the flowing water (in Plymouth, the river Tamar) and transported via the estuary out to sea.
Trees are failing to adapt to climate change. Losing fungi partners may be why Certain fungi give trees nutrients and water, but heat and drought put both at risk ...
We may have more in common with fungi than we think New discoveries in the study of fungi cognition could lead to changes in the way we understand human cognition, Money and Fukasawa said.
Single-celled organisms called archaea can become multicellular when compressed, highlighting the role of physical forces in evolution ...
The UK and Chile leading push for mouldy organisms to have the same status as flora and fauna in global conservation efforts ...
Ants learned to work with fungi back in a world where only fungi could thrive.