Assembly and application of a low-cost high-resolution imaging device for hyphae in soil. by Holger Schaefer

“…Soil imaging in the field and laboratory has greatly advanced our understanding of plant root systems. Soil fungi function as important plant symbionts and decomposers of complex organic material in soil environments. …”
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Four new araneogenous species and a new genus in Hypocreales (Clavicipitaceae, Cordycipitaceae) from the karst region of China by Wan-Hao Chen, Dan Li, Hui-Lin Shu, Jian-Dong Liang, Jie-Hong Zhao, Wei-Yi Tian, Yan-Feng Han

“…Our results revealed that further attention needs to be paid to the diversity of araneogenous fungi in the karst regions of southwestern China.…”
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Smaller Fleas: Viruses of Microorganisms by Paul Hyman, Stephen T. Abedon

“…These viruses of microorganisms, or VoMs, in fact exist as the world’s most abundant somewhat autonomous genetic entities and include the viruses of domain Bacteria (bacteriophages), the viruses of domain Archaea (archaeal viruses), the viruses of protists, the viruses of microscopic fungi such as yeasts (mycoviruses), and even the viruses of other viruses (satellite viruses). …”
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IoT-Based Water Quality Monitoring System for Koi Fish Quarantine by Rizki Novan Andiyansyah, Onny Setyawati, Fakhriy Hario Partiansyah

“…The quarantine process is necessary because Koi fish are taken from paddy field ponds, where diseases from the external environment, such as fungi, bacteria, and parasites, may still be present. …”
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Facile nucleophilic substitution approach for the spectrofluorimetric assay of natamycin based on diarylpyrrolone formation, evaluation of method greenness by Sayed M. Derayea, Fatma F. Mohammed

“…Natamycin is the only topical ocular antifungal medication that is presently on the market for treating keratitis, conjunctivitis, and blepharitis caused by yeast and other fungi. Owing to its primary aliphatic amino group, natamycin can easily interact with fluorescamine resulting in the formation of the highly fluorescent diaryl pyrrolone derivative. …”
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Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis in a Patient with Neurosarcoidosis on Chronic Steroid Therapy Secondary to Recreational Marijuana Usage by Preetam Gongidi, Debkumar Sarkar, Eric Behling, Joshua Brody

“…We review the radiographic findings of neurosarcoidosis and cerebral phaeohyphomycosis as well as the pathophysiology of dematiaceous fungi infections.…”
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Gammarus-Microbial Interactions: A Review by Daniel Nelson

“…In freshwater habitats leaf litter is colonized rapidly (within ∼1-2 weeks) by aquatic fungi and bacteria, making the leaves more palatable and nutritious to consumers. …”
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Determination of Sorbic Acid in Cheese Samples by Rapid HPLC-DAD Method by Ayşe Özdemir, Senem Şanlı, Barış Sardoğan, Seyfi Sardoğan

“…The sorbic acid and its salts have been widely used in the food industries for many years as important food preservatives in order to inhibit the growth of various bacteria, yeasts, and fungi in acidic media. The health effects have led to limitation on the concentrations that can be used in food. …”
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Overview of (1→3)-β-D-glucan immunobiology by David L. Williams

“…Glucans are (1→3)-β-D-glucose polymers that are found in the cell wall of fungi, bacteria and plants. Glucans are known to stim ulate humoral and cell-mediated immunity in humans and animals. …”
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Antifungal Resistance and New Strategies to Control Fungal Infections by Patrick Vandeputte, Selene Ferrari, Alix T. Coste

“…Discovery of new putative antifungal targets is performed through genome-wide approaches for a better understanding of the human pathogenic fungi biology.…”
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The impact of climate change on the epidemiology of fungal infections: implications for diagnosis, treatment, and public health strategies by Mary E. George, Tonisha T. Gaitor, David B. Cluck, Andrés F. Henao-Martínez, Nicholas R. Sells, Daniel B. Chastain

“…These factors may expand the geographic range of pathogenic fungi, exposing populations to novel, potentially more virulent, or drug-resistant strains. …”
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Immune Response of Mormon Crickets That Survived Infection by Beauveria bassiana by Robert B. Srygley, Stefan T. Jaronski

“…Beauveria bassiana (Fungi: Ascomycota) is an entomopathogenic fungus that serves as a biological control agent of Mormon crickets Anabrus simplex Haldeman (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) and other grasshopper pests. …”
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When HSFs bring the heat—mapping the transcriptional circuitries of HSF-type regulators in Candida albicans by Sadri Znaidi

“…ABSTRACT Heat shock factor (HSF)-type regulators are stress-responsive transcription factors widely distributed among eukaryotes, including fungi. They carry a four-stranded winged helix-turn-helix DNA-binding domain considered as the signature domain for HSFs. …”
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Protein kinases MpkA and SepH transduce crosstalk between CWI and SIN pathways to activate protective hyphal septation under echinocandin cell wall stress by Alexander G. Doan, Jessica E. Schafer, Casey M. Douglas, Matthew S. Quintanilla, Meredith E. Morse, Harley Edwards, Walker D. Huso, Kelsey J. Gray, JungHun Lee, Joshua K. Dayie, Steven D. Harris, Mark R. Marten

“…Previous studies have demonstrated that echinocandins fail against highly polarized fungi because they target only apical septal compartments. …”
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Ameliorating potential effects of natural biological formulations and biostimulants on plant health and quality attributes in coriander-fenugreek intercropped strawberry (Fragaria... by Priya Thakur, Pramod Kumar, CL Sharma, Uday Sharma, Nisha Sharma, Tanzin Ladon

“…Application of bio-stimulants at 50 g/plant and AM fungi @ 20 g/ plant was applied uniformly in treatments T1–T8. …”
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Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure from Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Secondary to Leptospirosis by Shannon M. Fernando, Pierre Cardinal, Peter G. Brindley

“…The most common precipitant is community-acquired bacterial pneumonia, but other putative pathogens include viruses and fungi. On rare occasions, ARDS can be secondary to tropical disease. …”
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Aluminum-Tolerant Pisolithus Ectomycorrhizas Confer Increased Growth, Mineral Nutrition, and Metal Tolerance to Eucalyptus in Acidic Mine Spoil by Louise Egerton-Warburton

“…Ectomycorrhizal fungi (ECM) may increase the tolerance of their host plants to Al toxicity by immobilizing Al in fungal tissues and/or improving plant mineral nutrition. …”
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In-Planta Assay of Culture Filtrate Concentration of Trichoderma viride PP2 as Biocontrol Agent Against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in Red Chili Pepper Cabai (Capsicum annuum L... by Gefi Zulmiati Lannur, Yenni Liswarni, Martinius Martinius

“… The culture filtrate is a secondary metabolite produced from the multiplication of fungi in a liquid medium during the incubation period, separated between the fungal cell and their supernatants. …”
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Conceptualizing Human Microbiota: From Multicelled Organ to Ecological Community by Betsy Foxman, Deborah Goldberg, Courtney Murdock, Chuanwu Xi, Janet R. Gilsdorf

“…The microbiota of a typical, healthy human contains 10 times as many cells as the human body and incorporates bacteria, viruses, archea, protozoans, and fungi. This diverse microbiome (the collective genomes of the microbial symbionts that inhabit a human host) is essential for human functioning. …”
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Hylastes ater (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) Affecting Pinus radiata Seedling Establishment in New Zealand by Stephen D. Reay, Travis R. Glare, Michael Brownbridge

“…These studies ranged from attempting to quantify damage to seedlings, evaluate the role of the beetle in vectoring sapstain fungi, explore options for management, and evaluate the potential for chemical and biological control. …”
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