One study has examined the cell walls of fungi to look for weaknesses, while another, unrelated paper identified a fungal gene that promotes virulence, and could be an excellent drug target. Reporting ...

The bacteria also changed. Both bacterial and fungal cells were found to produce molecules that helped the fungi collect nutrients and battle predators like amoebae or nematodes. "The initial ...

More information: Erika Kroll et al, A conserved fungal Knr4/Smi1 protein is vital for maintaining cell wall integrity and host plant pathogenesis, bioRxiv (2024). DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.31.596832 ...

Published in PLoS Biology, the study refined a genetic tool to identify which genes in C. neoformans are essential for its survival. Importantly, the research team uncovered more than 1,400 ...

A new multi-institutional study led by researchers at Michigan State University has characterized how fungi adapt to restructure their cell walls, effectively thwarting current antifungal medications.

Noble rot, the alchemist of wines, is setting fungal biology abuzz ... In all animals, plants, and fungi, the nucleus of a cell contains one or more sets of all of the chromosomes of the organism.

The intricate dance of nature often unfolds in mysterious ways, hidden from the naked eye. At the heart of this enigmatic tango lies a vital partnership: the symbiosis between plants and a type of ...

Upon closely probing the mechanisms of cell division in two species of Ichthyosporeans, the researchers found that one species, S. arctica, favours closed mitosis, similar to fungi.S. arctica also ...