New cases of a dangerous, drug-resistant fungus have been identified in at least two states' hospital systems.

A study conducted by researchers from São Paulo State University (UNESP), in Brazil, and collaborators shows that lemon ...

Characteristics of social immune memory were observed in colonies of Atta sexdens exposed to four different pathogenic fungi.

Leafcutter ants appear to remember past infections and respond more aggressively to familiar threats, according to a new ...

A bacterium makes a molecule that kills drug-resistant fungi in an unusual way — by targeting various phospholipid molecules ...

Mandimycin is structurally similar to the last-line-of-defense antifungal amphotericin B, another glycosylated polyene ...

Feb. 27, 2025 — The discovery of a powerful 'weapon' used by many disease-causing fungi to infect and destroy major food crop staples, such as rice and corn, could offer new strategies to ...

Much of McMahon’s research focuses on understanding the ecology of the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (known as Bd). This fungus is found globally, lives predominantly in freshwater ...

fumigatus but instead is important for resistance to nickel, cobalt, and gallium in this pathogenic fungus.

Researchers may have finally solved the mystery of the fungal pathogen that has been devastating amphibian populations worldwide. The fungus, known as Batrachonchytrium dendrobatisdis (Bd), appears to ...