Just as the human body serves as a habitat for bacteria and other microbes, diverse, tiny organisms known as protists host ...

Chinese scientists have identified two key genes responsible for sorghum's resistance to Striga, a parasitic plant that ...

A BBC documentary crew in Northern Ireland stumbled upon a fungus that hijacks spiders in an arachnid version of “The Last of ...

SEPTA announced that the pioneering train operator is retiring after 40 years of service. Photo credit: Philadelphia NBC 10 Jackie Pettyjohn is SEPTA’s first woman train engineer. The ...

A recent study investigated the identity of a fungus found on a spider during filming of the BBC Winterwatch series in Northern Ireland.

Graca et al. reports a fundamental missing link in the ethanol metabolism of mycobacteria and illuminates the role of a flavoprotein dehydrogenase that acts as an electron shuttle between an uncommon ...

This valuable work examines the role of the oxidoreductase MftG in Mycolicibacerium smegmatis alcohol metabolism. A solid set of data is presented to show that, in the context of ethanol metabolism, ...

Fungal genetics is the study of the mechanisms of heritable information in fungi. Yeasts and filamentous fungi are extensively used as model organisms for eukaryotic genetic research, including ...

Jock itch belongs to a group of fungal skin infections called tinea. As in other tinea infections, mold-like fungi known as dermatophytes cause jock itch. These microscopic fungi live on your skin ...

Fungi and Disease in Plants: An Introduction to the Diseases of Field and Plantation Crops, especially those of India and the East. By E. J. Butler. Pp. vi + 547. (Calcutta and Simla: Thacker ...

Like many microbes, there are helpful fungi and harmful fungi. When harmful fungi invade the body, they can be difficult to kill, as they can survive in the environment and re-infect the person ...

Benny boy is a big proponent of funding SEPTA. Great. Need a historically-mismanaged government organization to someday not be as historically mismanaged. It’s good to see people who care about SEPTA ...