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#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