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#Coffee wilt disease is caused by the #fungus #Fusarium xylarioides. @little_peck @TimBarraclough9 &co compare 13 strains spanning 60 years & many outbreaks, showing that successive HGT from F. oxysporum affected host specificity & disease #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4gnYTVk
Horizontal transfers between fungal Fusarium species contributed to successive outbreaks of coffee wilt disease
Outbreaks of coffee wilt disease, caused by the fungus Fusarium xylarioides, have severely impacted coffee production.plos.io
#Aspergillus fumigatus, a saprotrophic #fungus that can cause serious life-threatening invasive infections, smashes the record for number of meiotic crossovers... ~30 per #chromosome (>2x the previous record holder) @TheRedBen @EvelineSnelders #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3rc3k1L
The human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus can produce the highest known number of meiotic crossovers
Aspergillus fumigatus is a saprotrophic fungus that can cause serious life-threatening invasive infections in immunocompromised individuals. By constructing a recombination map, this study shows that A.plos.io
Hi Mastodon #garden lovers or #soil knowers or #fungus experts, I have no idea what I've come home to in part of my newly planted garden, #help? looks like some sort of #seed? I recently added a heavy dose of #compost to this garden and planted lupin seeds underneath this particular area, but this looks odd!
Before the #LastOfUsHBO made #Cordyceps famous, I wrote about how they control the minds of insects and how another #fungus comes to the rescue. (From my time as associate blogger #STCmicrobeblog a long time ago.)
https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2012/07/an-evolutionary-tale-of-zombie-ants-and-fungal-villains-knights.html
https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2012/07/an-evolutionary-tale-of-zombie-ants-and-fungal-villains-knights.html
An Evolutionary Tale of Zombie Ants and Fungal Villains & Knights
by Gemma Reguera | In a recent post I shared with you some amazing things I had learnt about coprophilous (‘dung-loving’) fungi that spit their spores like pros.Small Things Considered
NEW EPISODE!
We had a great time this week. We talk about #Centipedes, #Mushrooms, and #Amoebas.
There's also a shout-out to @openscience in this week's show.
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-nrzsa-1345cdb
#Nature #Strange #Weird #Oddity #Fungus #Science #scicomm #Podcast #Caves #Naturalist
We had a great time this week. We talk about #Centipedes, #Mushrooms, and #Amoebas.
There's also a shout-out to @openscience in this week's show.
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-nrzsa-1345cdb
#Nature #Strange #Weird #Oddity #Fungus #Science #scicomm #Podcast #Caves #Naturalist