Fusarium oxysporum is a soil-borne fungal pathogen that causes a group of serious plant diseases known as Fusarium wilts. As one of most economically important plant pathogens worldwide, it can infect ...

An invasive yeast fungus called Candida auris is rapidly spreading around the world and is increasingly resistant to ...

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is a life-threatening fungal infection that occurs when conidia (spores) from the Aspergillus fungus are inhaled and establish an infection in the lungs, particularly ...

The yeast Candida albicans colonizes mucosal surfaces and is usually harmless. However, under certain conditions it can cause dangerous infections. A research team at the University of Zurich has now ...

The drug-resistant fungal species Candida auris is turning more deadly and is also spreading globally, according to a study ...

Fusarium oxysporum is a soil-borne fungal pathogen that causes a group of serious plant diseases known as Fusarium wilts. As one of the most economically important plant pathogens worldwide, it can ...

Monosson is the author of Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic. She is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Massachusetts Amherst There are many reasons to fear a new fungal pathogen—from ...

A drug-resistant variety of a common fungus is now a 'global health threat', a group of scientists has claimed. Candida auris ...

The research focused on Lasius neglectus, a species of garden ant. Unlike adult workers, which can leave the nest to die when ...