For the past four years, University of Minnesota researcher Bob Blanchette has examined over 165 varieties of subterranean fungi that have been growing in various caves and iron ore mines around ...

Scientists have discovered that beneficial root-dwelling fungi boost plant resilience to disease by remodeling the plant cell ...

When weird fungal epidemics crop up in far-flung places, scientists work together to unravel how the microscopic murderers ...

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The fungus Candida albicans lives in the gut and exacerbates gastrointestinal disease under certain conditions.. (Salt Lake City) - Bacteria's role in gut health has received a lot of attention in ...

Several new species of fungus have been found lurking in waterways, and they might be harmful to humans. The new species were discovered in the sediment of riverbeds across Spain. Many are closely ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a family of autoimmune diseases of the gut, has set researchers on a hunt to understand which microbes are responsible for launching the immune system into overdrive.

Fungi are having a cultural moment, thanks in large part to the horror franchise The Last of Us, in which society has collapsed after an outbreak of a fungal infection that turns humans into violent, ...

Following extensive study of the body’s bacterial occupants, researchers are turning to how our fungal residents may contribute to inflammatory bowel diseases and other maladies. By Kaleigh Rogers The ...

Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University Adam Frew receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the British Ecological Society.

For the past four years, University of Minnesota researcher Bob Blanchette has examined over 165 varieties of subterranean fungi that have been growing in various caves and iron ore mines around ...